A woman inmate at Rome's
Rebibbia prison who killed her two children earlier this week
had been reported to authorities for "a worrying intolerance"
towards them, penitentiary body DAP said Thursday.
Justice Minister Alfonso Bonafede has sacked the head of the
women's section and ordered a probe into how the incident could
have happened.
DAP chief Francesco Basentini said the German woman, in jail
since August 28 on drugs charges, "had on several occasions been
flagged for some behaviour, symptomatic of a worrying
intolerance towards the two little ones".
Prison staff had recommended a psychiatric evaluation, he
said.
Four-month-old Faith died instantly on Tuesday while her
20-month-old brother Divine was declared brain dead Wednesday
night.
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