KZN woman allegedly kills newborn after giving birth in shopping centre toilets

Early indications are that she stabbed her baby to death with an unknown object.

December 21, 2022
Sboniso Dlamini Less than a minute

A woman in her twenties has been taken into police custody after she allegedly gave birth and killed her newborn baby in Mandeni, KwaZulu-Natal today.

According to Dylan Meyrick of IPSS Medical Rescue, the incident happened in the toilets of a Sundumbili shopping centre.

When paramedics arrived, they found the woman holding the body of her baby girl.

“Further investigation indicated she stabbed the baby to death with an unknown object,” says Meyrick.

The North Coast Courier is awaiting comment from the provincial police.

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December 21, 2022
Sboniso Dlamini Less than a minute

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Jana works as a senior support specialist for Caxton digital. Before that she was a journalist at the Middelburg Observer 15 years where she won numerous awards including Sanlam's Up and Coming Journalist, Caxton Multimedia Journalist of the Year, and several investigative awards. She is passionate about people and the stories untold.
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