The discovery of a newborn’s body in a trash container near Vienna’s Favoriten Clinic has sent shockwaves through the city, as details emerge suggesting the tragic death was an honor killing rather than a result of postpartum depression.
The lifeless body of Melek, a 10-day-old baby girl, was found last Thursday in a yellow waste bin near the hospital where she had been receiving care as a premature infant.
Initially suspected to be a case of postpartum depression, police revealed on Sunday that the child’s death was instead motivated by family disputes over “injured honor” within the family’s Turkish clan, as reported by Kronen Zeitung.
BREAKING: 🇦🇹‼️ A major police operation is underway in Vienna after a newborn baby was kidnapped from a maternity ward.
The area surrounding the Favoriten Clinic in the Austrian capital is on lockdown and officers, police dogs, and an emergency unit are on site.
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During police interrogations, the 30-year-old mother of the child confessed to the crime, citing “family problems” as her motive. The mother, who is not…
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