Police investigating death of new-born

Police are investigating the death of a new-born in a home birth, the ctk news agency reports. The case occurred in Kašperské Hory, south Bohemia, where paramedics were called to help a twenty-year-old woman who was bleeding heavily. It is not clear if the mother had opted for a home birth or if the baby died in a premature birth before she could be taken to hospital. No midwife was present and the baby was dead when paramedics arrived at the scene.