Two babies were found dead in a freezer, the parquet floor of Bédoin (Vaucluse) announced on Thursday.
They were found "at the home of a woman" who was taken into custody, said the prosecutor of the Republic of Carpentras, Hélène Mourges.
"The file begins and the facts are of a criminal nature", underlined the magistrate, specifying that the discovery took place after "the call of a third party" to the gendarmerie.
The woman arrested on the spot, in this town at the foot of Mont Ventoux, has been in police custody for 11 hours.
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