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A newborn baby boy is after spending 40 hours in a sewer in an apartment building in Alicante, Spain. Firefighters rescued the baby from under a manhole . The child was wrapped in a plastic bag with a in it so he could breathe. A man from the apartment building called the police after he heard a coming from the sewer. He told reporters his story of what happened, saying: "I thought it was a cat that was trapped and that the baby’s crying was its . The noise went on for so I called the police. One of the firefighters saw one of his feet and realised it wasn't a cat but a child." The baby boy, who weighs 2.1kg, is now in hospital. He has a arm and a few other .

Spanish police arrested the 26-year-old of the baby soon after he was found. She is being charged with attempted for trying to kill her son. Police have not yet named the woman. Police officers said she went to a hospital after she gave and told nurses she had suffered a miscarriage. She then told the police that she pushed her baby down a drain because she was too to pay for an abortion. Police are now trying to out if she acted or if someone helped her. Last month, emergency in eastern China had to rescue a newborn baby after it became stuck in a sewer pipe. Its mother tried to give birth in and said the baby slipped the toilet.

 


 
 

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