Cleaning employee finds two dead babies inside glass jars in an apartment

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A cleaner found two dead baby boys in glass bottles in the living room of a vacated apartment in Hong Kong, police said Saturday.

A man and woman, believed to be the parents, have been arrested.

The bottles were a foot tall and the bodies showed no obvious signs of injuries, Au Yeung Tak, chief inspector of the northern division of the New Territories, told reporters, adding that

would be performed to try to determine the age of the babies. and if they had died at birth.

A 24-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of illegally disposing of two bodies.

According to Au Yeung, those arrested lived in the apartment and are believed to be a couple.

The landlord sent cleaning staff to the apartment on Friday after the tenants left.

According to local broadcaster RTHK, the bodies were “soaked in liquid and kept in bottles.”