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| The newborn baby found in Jerusalem |
A woman was arrested for questioning after she dumped her newborn baby on a street in Jerusalem, Israel, according to police reports.
Jerusalem Police said that just four days after the two-day-old girl was found abandoned on Hanevi'im Street, police located her 30-year-old mother, who lives in the West Bank.
The woman was nabbed after she arrived at a checkpoint in Jerusalem.
She told police that she decided to abandoned her baby because she was going through a personal crisis.
The woman was transported to a local hospital for a medical evaluation, and the police investigation will continue once she is released from the hospital.
Once police complete their investigation they will make a recommendation to prosecutors.
As we reported earlier, an abandoned newborn baby girl has been found on a Jerusalem Street, according to hospital officials.
Jerusalem Police said that a newborn baby was found abandoned in the neighborhood of al-Musrara on Saturday.
A local boy found the baby girl and notified his family, who called police. The baby had a note attached to her in Arabic that read: "This child is under your protection now. Take good care of her."
The baby, whose name is Asmaa, was in good health and still had her umbilical cord wrapped around her belly, indicating that she was born just hours before she was found, a spokesperson for Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital where the baby is being treated said.
A bottle of milk and a few diapers were next to the baby.
Police are trying to locate the parents of the child and have contacted social services.