Mother 'cut own baby's throat' in Spanish 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 today.

Mother 'cut own baby's throat' in Spanish 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 today.

Katharina Katit-Staheli, 40, was taken into custody with her son in Torrevieja on the Mediterranean coast yesterday 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 specialist Swiss clinic.

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