(ANSA) - ROME, SEPTEMBER 15 - The New Zealand police have announced the arrest of a woman in South Korea in connection with the murder of two children who were found in suitcases bought last month by a family in an Auckland warehouse.
"The suspect, 42, is accused by New Zealand police of killing two of her children, then aged seven and ten, around 2018 in the Auckland area," the Seoul National Police Agency said. who came to South Korea after the crime and has been in hiding ever since. "
The New Zealand media reports.
The woman was in an apartment in the city of Ulsan in the south-east of South Korea, she was tracked down this morning. he repeated several times, covering his head with a jacket, Yonhap news agency reported.
New Zealand has requested extradition from South Korea.
According to investigators, the South Korean family had lived in Auckland for a few years and the father of the children had died prior to the murder.
Investigators focused on her after they managed to identify the children, whose names were not disclosed.
The case has shocked New Zealand, the authorities have demanded that she be denied bail before her extradition.
The family that found the bodies had visited the storage warehouse and purchased a trailer loaded with goods, including suitcases, in early August.
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