This news has been taken up by the foreign media. Réunion 1 headlines: Mauritius, a newborn abandoned in a plane, the mother in custody. The BBC headlines: A newborn baby found in the toilet of the Air Mauritius plane.
In fact, a baby was found in the toilet of the Air Mauritius plane, this Saturday January 1st from Madagascar. Angelica Nanahary, 20 years old and of Malagasy origin, was arrested by the police. She was betrayed by the traces of blood on her clothes. During her interrogation, she claimed that she did not know she was pregnant.
Both mother and baby are in Rose-Belle Hospital. The infant is in an incubator and is doing well, according to the nursing staff. Upon her release from the hospital, the mother will be provisionally charged with “abandoning a newly born child.
According to our information, the Malagasy woman had a work permit in Mauritius and should take her job in a factory, hence her coming to Mauritius.
After the discovery of a baby in the toilet garbage can of this Air Mauritius aircraft, the police were ordered not to let any passenger on this flight leave.
The officers examined the passengers as they retrieved their luggage and discovered traces of blood on Angelica Nanahary’s clothing. She was in the arrivals hall wearing a coat. She was taken to a medical examination room at the airport where a doctor confirmed that she had given birth to the baby as the placenta was still present.
The police investigation is ongoing.
