<p>The mother - believed to be Ethiopian and in her thirties - caught a flight before the infant's body was discovered by a cleaner at the Dubai International Airport, Daily Mail reported. <br /><br />She was identified using security camera footage and is being hunted by police. <br />The woman allegedly severed the baby boy's umbilical cord with her bare hands and strangled him with a cloth before dumping him.<br /><br />The infant was discovered when a woman passenger informed one of the airport's cleaners about a pool of blood in the bathroom.<br /><br />Traces of blood led to the bin where the baby was found, soaked in blood, tied up with his umbilical cord in a tightly wrapped plastic bag.<br /><br />The boy was still gasping for breath but a rescue team and volunteers could not revive him.<br /><br />“At around 3.35 a.m. I went to the toilet to clean up the blood around a toilet bowl,” the cleaner told the Khaleej Times newspaper.<br /><br />“After that I decided to empty the waste bin which was covered with paper rolls. <br />“When I lifted it I found it to be a little heavier, so I got curious and started removing the tissue papers. <br /><br />“I was stunned to see a baby all blue on the face and gasping for breath.”<br />It is unclear whether the woman was a UAE resident, tourist or passenger in transit.<br />A security source said it appeared the woman had strangled the infant, whose body was undergoing further tests.<br /><br />“Most likely the woman wanted to get rid of the baby as it was a child outside wedlock,” said the source. <br /><br />“It seems that the woman had intended to leave the UAE before the delivery but was faced with a different reality in the airport.”<br /><br />Having a sexual relationship or a child outside wedlock are criminal offences in the UAE that carry sentences of up to three years in prison.<br /><br />Many unmarried women who become pregnant choose either to leave the country or abandon the youngster.<br /><br />A total of 17 children were abandoned in the first eight months of 2008, according to the most recent statistics available from Dubai's Ministry of Social Affairs. <br /><br />It is not known how many newborns are killed or die after being abandoned.</p>
<p>The mother - believed to be Ethiopian and in her thirties - caught a flight before the infant's body was discovered by a cleaner at the Dubai International Airport, Daily Mail reported. <br /><br />She was identified using security camera footage and is being hunted by police. <br />The woman allegedly severed the baby boy's umbilical cord with her bare hands and strangled him with a cloth before dumping him.<br /><br />The infant was discovered when a woman passenger informed one of the airport's cleaners about a pool of blood in the bathroom.<br /><br />Traces of blood led to the bin where the baby was found, soaked in blood, tied up with his umbilical cord in a tightly wrapped plastic bag.<br /><br />The boy was still gasping for breath but a rescue team and volunteers could not revive him.<br /><br />“At around 3.35 a.m. I went to the toilet to clean up the blood around a toilet bowl,” the cleaner told the Khaleej Times newspaper.<br /><br />“After that I decided to empty the waste bin which was covered with paper rolls. <br />“When I lifted it I found it to be a little heavier, so I got curious and started removing the tissue papers. <br /><br />“I was stunned to see a baby all blue on the face and gasping for breath.”<br />It is unclear whether the woman was a UAE resident, tourist or passenger in transit.<br />A security source said it appeared the woman had strangled the infant, whose body was undergoing further tests.<br /><br />“Most likely the woman wanted to get rid of the baby as it was a child outside wedlock,” said the source. <br /><br />“It seems that the woman had intended to leave the UAE before the delivery but was faced with a different reality in the airport.”<br /><br />Having a sexual relationship or a child outside wedlock are criminal offences in the UAE that carry sentences of up to three years in prison.<br /><br />Many unmarried women who become pregnant choose either to leave the country or abandon the youngster.<br /><br />A total of 17 children were abandoned in the first eight months of 2008, according to the most recent statistics available from Dubai's Ministry of Social Affairs. <br /><br />It is not known how many newborns are killed or die after being abandoned.</p>