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Abortion fails, so baby thrown in toilet, three Zim women arrested in SA
31 Aug 2011 at 11:36hrs | Views
Mahikeng - Three women have been arrested after a baby boy was thrown into a pit toilet in Matlabeng Village, North West police said on Wednesday.
Spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Lesego Metsi said the three Zimbabwean women, including the murdered baby's mother, were arrested on Tuesday.
Metsi said the mother was taken to an illegal clinic by the two women for an abortion on Saturday.
"She was given something to drink that was meant to abort the baby. Instead she gave birth to a healthy baby boy," he said.
The mother then went to work, leaving the baby with the two women, and told her employer about their intentions to kill her baby.
"She was told by her boss to go home and take her baby before they did anything to it, but it was too late," said Metsi.
The employer reported the matter to the police after she was told the baby had died. The three women were arrested and charged with murder. Metsi said they would appear in the Mmabatho Magistrate's Court on Thursday.
Spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Lesego Metsi said the three Zimbabwean women, including the murdered baby's mother, were arrested on Tuesday.
Metsi said the mother was taken to an illegal clinic by the two women for an abortion on Saturday.
The mother then went to work, leaving the baby with the two women, and told her employer about their intentions to kill her baby.
"She was told by her boss to go home and take her baby before they did anything to it, but it was too late," said Metsi.
The employer reported the matter to the police after she was told the baby had died. The three women were arrested and charged with murder. Metsi said they would appear in the Mmabatho Magistrate's Court on Thursday.
Source - Sapa
