Bear spray kidnapping

OTTAWA: A 32-year-old Canadian woman forced her way into a family home in Ottawa on Mothers’ Day, used bear repellent spray to subdue the adults and ran off with a newborn before being caught, police said on Monday.

Neighbours gave chase and detained the woman, before the eight-day-old baby, whose gender is not known, was returned unharmed.

The woman was charged with administering a noxious substance, assault with a weapon and abduction of a child.