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Tokyo: ‘Foul smell’ leads to discovery of newborn’s corpse in Kabukicho locker

An infant's corpse was found in a coin-operated locker in the Kabukicho red-light district of Shinjuku Ward on Tuesday
An infant’s corpse was found in a coin-operated locker in the Kabukicho red-light district of Shinjuku Ward on Tuesday (Twitter)
TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have launched an investigation after an infant’s corpse was found in a coin-operated locker in the Kabukicho red-light district of Shinjuku Ward, reports TBS News (May 29).

On Tuesday, an inspector alerted police after noticing a “foul smell” coming from inside one locker of a series located about 500 meters from JR Shinjuku Station.

According to police, the body of the baby, whose gender is not known, was inside a suitcase placed in the locker. The baby was born several days before the discovery.

Police are treating the case as abandoning a corpse.