Woman accused of killing 2 children in New Zealand arrested in South Korea

ANKARA (AA) - South Korean authorities arrested a woman believed to be the mother of two children whose bodies were found in suitcases in New Zealand last month, local media reported on Thursday.

The woman was arrested by South Korean police from an apartment in Ulsan, southeast of the capital Seoul, Yonhap News Agency cited the National Police Agency as saying.

The New Zealand government requested South Korea for the arrest after police found the remains of two children on Aug. 11 in a suitcase and believed both of them had been killed in 2018 at ages 7 and 10.

The South Korean-born woman, who was also a national of New Zealand, reportedly returned to her home country after her husband died of a disease.

South Korean authorities plan to present the woman before the Seoul High Court for a formal process of extradition to New Zealand.

Denying her involvement in the murder, she said: “I didn't do it.”

*Writing by Islamuddin Sajid