Mother throws newborn from sixth floor

MUĞLA – Doğan News Agency

Witnesses told the police that they saw a baby fall on a parked car and then onto the ground. DHA photo

A new born baby boy has been killed after his mother allegedly threw him from the sixth floor of an apartment building after giving birth to him in the bathroom, in the Aegean province of Muğla.

S.C., 20, told the police in her first testimony that she did not remember the incident, but said that she may have thrown the baby from the house.

Witnesses told the police that they saw a baby fall on a parked car and then onto the ground, in the Milas district of Muğla late on March 22. Medics determined that the baby was dead.

The police found out that the baby was thrown from the sixth floor of an apartment building and then found S.C., who was taken to hospital due to loss of blood as she had just given birth to the baby. S.C. was arrested by a court decision on March 23 after being discharged from the hospital.

S.C. told the police that she had a boyfriend in Antalya, identified as A.B., 28. She said A.B. had forced her to have sexual intercourse, but that later they had sexual intercourse with her consent.

A house mate of S.C. who was at home during the incident told police that she did not see or hear anything. S.C.’s mother arrived in the city after learning of the incident. As of yesterday, the baby’s autopsy report has not been released.