A 10-year-old girl has given birth at school after complaining about having a stomach ache.
It is believed that the girl became pregnant after her 40-year-old step father allegedly abused her.
Doctors at the time of delivery she was only seven-month pregnant.
The mother of the girl, who is from Brazil, said she was unaware that she was pregnant and had not noticed her stomach had become larger than normal.
However, she told police in Belo Horizonte that the girl had become more introverted since October last year and had started to struggle with her school work.
Police said: ‘The mother alleges that she, along with other family members, hadn’t noticed, taking into consideration the child’s small frame.’
The girl told police that her step father had threatened to kill her mother and brother if she ever revealed the abuse.