Dead babies found in freezer in South Korea home

SEOUL - A French businessman stationed in Seoul returned from vacation to his South Korean home to find the bodies of two infants in his freezer, South Korean police said yesterday.

The bodies have been turned over to the National Institute of Scientific Investigation, and the race and age of the babies are being ascertained, an officer said.

The Frenchman, believed to be an employee of a foreign automobile parts maker, said he had returned from holiday overseas ahead of his wife and two children last week and found the bodies, another police officer said.

Local media said the bodies appeared to be those of newborns and were not the children of the man.

Police do not have a suspect yet.

Two people were believed to have had access to the house while the family was overseas on holiday, and the police are investigating their identities and whereabouts, the officer said.

The house is located in an area of Seoul popular with French diplomats and business executives and has a French school.

- REUTERS