After a three-year-old died of severe stab wounds in a Berlin hospital, the girl's mother confessed to the crime. The informed the prosecutor Berlin via Twitter.

The accused had been brought before an investigating judge for suspicion of murder. Because of her mental illness, he had ordered the placement of 44-year-olds in a psychiatric hospital.

Seriously injured child deceased: The confessed defendant has today been brought before a suspect judge for murder suspicion, who has just ordered the placement of 44-year-olds in a psychiatric hospital because of their mental illness.

- GenStA Berlin (@GStABerlin) February 21, 2019

The police arrested his mother after the child's death. A homicide investigation has been carried out on suspicion of a homicidal crime, the police said. Accordingly, the father had found the girl late Wednesday night with stab wounds badly injured in an apartment in the district Lichtenrade.