South Korean police have arrested a woman who is suspected of murdering her two children, aged 7 and 10, in 2018, whose bodies were found in suitcases last month.
In a case that shocked the country, the bodies were discovered by citizens who bought the suitcases at auction from an abandoned storage unit in Auckland, New Zealand.
Police believe the bodies were hidden there for several years.
Last month, the police were able to identify the children, whose names have not been released, and then began looking for the woman.
An international Interpol warrant, a "Red Notice", was issued for her arrest.
Police arrested her on Thursday at midnight (local time) in a raid on her apartment after a manhunt and surveillance.
This, after the researchers received information about her whereabouts.
New Zealand submitted a request for the extradition of the suspect from South Korea, and the Korean police asked that she not be given the option of being released on bail before being extradited to New Zealand, where she is expected to be charged with murder.
According to the suspicion, she fled to Korea in 2018, after the death of the children.
She is 42 years old, a resident of New Zealand, of Korean descent.
The local media reports that the family lived in Oakland for several years, and that the head of the family died of cancer before the children died.
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