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Baby dumped in dustbin in the west

Rekord on scene where a baby boy was dumped in a dustbin outside Carmen East flat complex.

A baby boy was found dumped in a dustbin outside a flat complex in the west of Pretoria.

Residents at the Carmen East flat complex in W F Nkomo (Church Street), Pretoria West, alerted police early on Saturday morning that a baby had been discovered in an outside dustbin.

Rekord was on scene and police on site confirmed a baby boy was found “among the garbage”.

Judging by the forensic pathologists on scene, the baby appeared to be dead.

Police could not comment immediately.

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