Europe 1 with AFP 3:27 p.m., November 28, 2022

The 6-month-old girl placed in child welfare was kidnapped on November 25 at the Saint-Étienne University Hospital by her parents.

On the night of Sunday to Monday, she was found in good health in Barcelona, ​​Spain.

Presented as a very premature baby, she was in care on a respirator during her abduction. 

A six-month-old girl placed in child welfare and abducted last Friday from Saint-Etienne University Hospital by her parents was found in good health overnight from Sunday to Monday in Barcelona, ​​​​Spain, the prosecution reported. of Saint Etienne.

The information provided by a relative of this Syrian family, who had escorted them across the Pyrenees and who was placed in police custody on Saturday upon his return to France, made it possible to locate the couple and the girl in the region. of Barcelona, ​​​​says the same source.

The parents were arrested by the Spanish authorities as part of European judicial cooperation, and the little girl was found "in good health", the deputy prosecutor of Saint-Etienne, André Merle, told AFP.

He added that she had been taken to a hospital in Catalonia, confirming information from the daily

Le Progrès

.

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A premature baby in care on a ventilator

The Saint-Etienne public prosecutor's office did not wish to give details on the proceedings it wishes to initiate against the couple from whom custody of the child had been withdrawn by decision of the children's judge, but who retained authority. parental.

The girl, presented as a very premature baby, was in care on a respirator when she was kidnapped late Friday afternoon from the pediatric department of the North Hospital of Saint-Etienne by her parents who deceived the vigilance of the staff. of the establishment.

The prosecution had entrusted the departmental security of the Loire with a preliminary investigation for "subtraction of a child from the authority to which he was entrusted".

"This little girl is the subject of a temporary placement due to educational deficiencies identified in her family", indicated a source close to the investigation, adding that the ASE had entrusted her to the hospital because of her health.