Mistaken ID blamed for snatching of baby

An incident at a Beijing shopping mall in which three women snatched a baby from his stroller was not an attempted abduction but a case of mistaken identify, according to a case review by the capital's Public Security Bureau.

The authority launched a probe after the child's father complained online about the way the case had been handled by police in Fengtai district. The findings were released on Saturday.

According to social media posts by the baby's father, his wife was confronted in a shopping mall on Tuesday by three women who snatched their 11-month-old son from his stroller. He said the incident should have been filed as attempted child abduction.