Swiss mother allegedly kills in Spanish hospital

MADRID (AP) - A Swiss woman detained by Spanish authorities and taken to a hospital with her 10-month-old son allegedly cut the boy's throat with a hidden knife and killed him after receiving permission to give him a bath, Spain's Civil Guard said Thursday.

Katharina Katit-Staheli, 40, was taken into custody Wednesday with her son, in Torrevieja on the Mediterranean coast by police acting on an arrest warrant issued by Zurich authorities after the mother allegedly took her child suffering from a brain abnormality without authorization from a specialist Swiss clinic.

Police said in a statement that the mother and child were taken to the Spanish hospital because the boy needed medical attention.  More

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