Maid buries aborted baby in employer’s garden

An Indonesian housemaid in Saudi Arabia aborted her baby and buried it in the garden of her employer’s house, a newspaper said on Tuesday.

The Saudi employer phoned the police after he noticed the maid was bleeding heavily and her blood covered many parts of the house and the garden, the Arabic language daily Okaz said in a report from the Western port of Jeddah.

After investigation, the maid admitted she had aborted the baby and buried it in the garden, the paper said, adding the unnamed maid was arrested.

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