Dead baby found at sewage plant
A foetus that was still attached to the umbilical cord and placenta was discovered at a sewage pump station near Kinross, Mpumalanga, on Wednesday.
“We thought it was a dumped cat or dog and were stunned to see it was a human being,” one of the workers said.
Police suspected it was an illegal abortion. A forensics team was later called on to the scene.
In December, a 34-year-old woman was arrested for trying to dispose of the body of a newborn baby in the north of Pretoria.
According to police, the arrest came after a tip-off from a resident.
Police at the time also said DNA tests would be done to find out if she was related to the child.
A few days later, another newborn baby boy was found dead and abandoned at a dumping site alongside Newlands West Drive in KwaZulu-Natal.
The baby was spotted by a resident, who immediately contacted the police.
– Caxton News Service
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