Swiss woman ‘cut her baby’s throat’ in hospital

A Swiss woman detained by Spanish authorities and taken to a hospital with her 10-month-old son allegedly cut the boy’s throat with a hidden knife and killed him after receiving permission to give him a bath, Spain’s Civil Guard said.

Katharina Katit-Staheli, 40, was taken into custody with her son in Torrevieja on the Mediterranean coast on Wednesday by police acting on an arrest warrant issued by Zurich authorities. The mother allegedly took her child, suffering from a brain abnormality, without authorisation from a Swiss clinic.

Police said the mother and child were taken to the Spanish hospital because the little boy needed medical attention.