2 held over 21 dead babies in China

Two mortuary workers have been arrested after the bodies of 21 babies, some with hospital identification tags around their tiny ankles, washed ashore on a river in eastern China.

The babies -- at least one of whom was stuffed in a yellow plastic bag marked "medical waste" -- were strewn along a dirt riverbank near a highway overpass. A few wore diapers. All were caked in mud.

Some of the babies appeared several months old, while the official Xinhua News Agency said the bodies included fetuses.

Local residents and firefighters recovered the bodies on Monday after they were discovered under a bridge spanning the Guangfu River on the outskirts of Jining in Shandong province.

Interviews with residents who made the grisly find were broadcast on the Web site of the Shandong Broadcasting Company.

One said he thought a body was a toy, but then he spotted several others. Another expressed concern because the river is a source of drinking water for villagers living nearby.

Hospital ID tags on eight of the babies helped investigators trace them back to the Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Xinhua reported.

Hospital mortuary workers Zhu Zhenyu and Wang Zhijun were reportedly sacked and taken away by police.

Speechless.

totally disgusting.....makes you wonder what goes though someones mind when they think to do something like that!