The prosecutor said it had also charged the child's mother, who has left the country, with attempted murder and that it had launched legal proceedings to arrest her. The mother identified only as of "Asian nationality" could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted, the statement said. The mother is believed to have boarded and departed on a flight out of Qatar sometime after abandoning the infant at the airport. Authorities in Qatar said that the newborn baby was found either in or beside a trash can in a bathroom at Hamad International Airport in Doha on October 2. According to the Qatari statement, an investigation into the incident revealed that "some employees" at Hamad International Airport had "acted unilaterally" to summon female medical staff to perform examinations of female passengers.

Source: The Nation November 24, 2020 06:09 UTC