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| Chinese baby stuck down toilet pipe rescued by police in Beijing | Chinese baby stuck down toilet pipe rescued by police in Beijing |
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| An abandoned newborn was rescued after being found stuck down a public toilet pipe in China. | An abandoned newborn was rescued after being found stuck down a public toilet pipe in China. |
| A policeman retrieved the crying baby girl after spotting her feet sticking out of the pipe. | A policeman retrieved the crying baby girl after spotting her feet sticking out of the pipe. |
| She was taken to hospital in Beijing, with medical staff telling a local television station that the baby had infections, but was otherwise unharmed. | She was taken to hospital in Beijing, with medical staff telling a local television station that the baby had infections, but was otherwise unharmed. |
| Chinese authorities are trying to identify the girl’s parents and find out how she ended up face-down in the alleyway toilet. | Chinese authorities are trying to identify the girl’s parents and find out how she ended up face-down in the alleyway toilet. |
| “I am probably the first one to hold this child,” police officer Qian Feng, who rescued the girl by getting down on the ground and pulling her out, told a television station. | “I am probably the first one to hold this child,” police officer Qian Feng, who rescued the girl by getting down on the ground and pulling her out, told a television station. |
| Police said the child did not appear to have any physical defects which could have led to her abandonment. | Police said the child did not appear to have any physical defects which could have led to her abandonment. |
| A local television report said a woman may have given birth to the baby directly into the toilet and left without the child, whose umbilical cord was pulled off, instead of cut off. | A local television report said a woman may have given birth to the baby directly into the toilet and left without the child, whose umbilical cord was pulled off, instead of cut off. |
| In 2013, rescuers in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang cut open a sewer pipe to save a baby boy, who his mother said had accidentally slipped into the toilet where she delivered the child. Local media reports said the woman had become pregnant after a one-night stand but hid the pregnancy from her parents. She later admitted to police she was the mother. | In 2013, rescuers in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang cut open a sewer pipe to save a baby boy, who his mother said had accidentally slipped into the toilet where she delivered the child. Local media reports said the woman had become pregnant after a one-night stand but hid the pregnancy from her parents. She later admitted to police she was the mother. |
| Additional reporting by AP | Additional reporting by AP |
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