20-year-old student from East Java, Indonesia has been
arrested for stabbing her own newborn baby out of shame because she was
not married.
According to reports, Fitriana Wibowo, (pictured) a student
Muhammadiyah University gave birth in the bathroom of her rented hostel
room and stabbed the baby with a pair of scissors.
The violent crime was revealed after a woman heard cries of
a baby. She informed her husband and they went to Fitriana's room and
found the baby in critical condition. The suspect was in the bathroom.
Medical examiners confirmed that the baby was stabbed
several times using scissors to cut out the intestines. Some bruises
were also found on the baby's body believed to have been inflicted by
the mother.
It is reported that doctors managed to save the baby and
she is currently guarded at Magoro Hospital. Investigation is still
ongoing.
The stigma of zina (the Islamic term for sin of adultery)
is so strong in some parts of Indonesia that many girls below the age of
18 get married just to avoid it.
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