Qatar ‘Regrets’ Airport Strip-Searches Over Abandoned Baby

Qatar ‘Regrets’ Airport Strip-Searches Over Abandoned Baby

Women were pulled from a Qatar Airways flight bound for Sydney, Australia, and subjected to strip-searches after a baby was found in an airport toilet. A Qatar Airways plane at Hamad International Airport in capital Doha. Foreign women from at least 10 flights were searched, Australia's foreign minister said.Credit...Karim Jaafar/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesBy Elaine Yu and Mike IvesThe government of Qatar expressed “regret” over a decision to pull more than a dozen women from a Qatar Airways flight in Doha, make them strip and subject them to invasive medical exams in ambulances on the tarmac after an abandoned newborn was found in an airport bathroom.But the government justified officials' actions earlier this month, saying that it was the first time an infant had been discovered in such a condition