Discarded foetuses discovered in Alex
Police investigations are under way after two discarded foetuses were discovered in Alexandra, in the north of Johannesburg on the same day.
The first foetus was discovered by a street vendor near a water and sewage manhole on Friday morning, Alex News reported. It is believed the foetus emerged from a damaged water and sewage main due to rain in the area.
Later that day, a rubbish collector discovered another foetus inside a plastic bag behind public toilets on the corner of 13th and Josias Madzunya avenues. The foetus was later removed by state forensic unit.
Police have asked the community to assist with any information.
In December last year a foetus believed to be between two to three months old has been found in a sewerage pipe in Thabong, Welkom, Free State police said.
READ MORE: Foetus found in Free State sewerage pipe
According to police, a municipal worker found the foetus while attending to a blocked pipe. The foetus was one of the objects blocking the pipe. A case of concealment of birth was later opened.
Last month, a woman was arrested after she allegedly buried the remains of a six-month-old foetus she had aborted in her backyard in Canelands, near Verulam, in KwaZulu-Natal.
It is believed the woman was six-months pregnant and had consumed homemade muti to abort the foetus.
READ MORE: KZN woman arrested for burying foetus in backyard
– Caxton News Service
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