Woman held after police find 5 dead babies

Finnish police say they have arrested a 35-year-old woman on suspicion of manslaughter after finding five dead babies in an apartment building.

Police in the western city of Oulu said in a statement they found the bodies, which appeared to be “almost fully grown foetuses... in powerfully smelling packages”, in a basement cupboard in the building after being alerted to the scene by house managers.

The statement said that during the investigation, a woman came forward saying she gave birth to the stillborn babies at home between five and 10 years earlier.