They arrested a 12-year-old girl carrying a backpack full of pregnant woman's blood

A 12-year-old girl was arrested in the port of the Chinese city of Shenzhen after discovering that He carried in his backpack 1.4 liters of blood distributed in 142 tubes. The samples were accompanied by the documentation of pregnant women.

According to the authorities, the boy was brought to bring to Hong Kong the package in which each sample was to be badyzed. determine the bad of the fetuses, an illegal practice since 2003 in China.

The customs officers of the port explained that they began to suspect seeing the little girl with a very heavy backpack.

"It was very full, as if it was going to explode, so we took it apart and asked the will go through the X-ray machine", explained a manager, while he was picking up EFE.

The documents found contained the name, ID number, date of birth and information on the stage of the donor's pregnancy.

Customs officials sent a selection of samples to perform tests and it was confirmed that They came from pregnant women.

All tests to determine the bad of the fetus are illegal in China since 2003, unless a doctor approves them for health reasons.

For years, because of the one-child policy, Thousands of aborted baby couples. This practice has created a demographic imbalance in the country where men are more numerous to women in 31.6 million, according to the latest official figures.