Seoul: South Korea has extradited to New Zealand a woman suspected of murdering two children whose bodies were discovered in suitcases in Auckland in August, South Korea’s Justice Ministry said on Tuesday.

The 42-year-old Korean-born New Zealander was handed over to New Zealand authorities on Monday evening at the Incheon International Airport, the ministry said in a statement.

She is suspected of fleeing to South Korea in 2018 after allegedly killing her seven-year-old and 10-year-old children.

New Zealand police investigators at a scene in Auckland where two bodies were discovered in suitcases in August.Credit:NZ Herald/AP

“Along with the suspect, the Justice Ministry has also secured key evidence and provided it to New Zealand as per their request,” it said.

The woman denied the murder allegations, police said in September when they arrested her in the city of Ulsan after the global police agency Interpol issued a red notice for her.

New Zealand police suspect a woman murdered her children and fled to South Korea years before the remains were found by a family who bought the suitcases at auction.Credit:NZ Herald/AP

“I did not do it,” she told reporters at the time.

New Zealand police launched a homicide inquiry in Auckland after remains were found in suitcases bought at a storage auction by a family unconnected to the deaths.

Reuters

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