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Spanish police arrest alleged baby-snatcher who posed as nurse

People walk near Basurto Hospital, where a baby was taken on Wednesday by a woman who left the newborn on a doorstep and who was later arrested by Basque police in Bilbao, Spain, October 20, 2022. REUTERS/Vincent West

Spanish police arrested a woman who allegedly abducted a newborn from a hospital in the northern city of Bilbao by posing as a nurse, before abandoning the baby unharmed nearby, officials said on Thursday.

According to a preliminary investigation, the suspect walked into a ward wearing a nurse's uniform at around 9 p.m. (1900 GMT) on Wednesday and picked up the newborn. She told staff she was going to carry out a blood test, said Josu Erkoreka, the Basque regional government's head of security.

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