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Baby found in Eastern Cape pit toilet

An ambulance rushed the baby to Butterworth Hospital.
An ambulance rushed the baby to Butterworth Hospital.
Image: Shutterstock via The Conversation

A baby girl was found in a pit toilet in a village in Butterworth at the weekend..

Police spokesperson Capt Jackson Manatha said the baby was found after 6pm on Friday at Nkanini Locality, Ndabakazi Village.

“The baby was found by a tenant. When she opened the toilet, she was shocked to find a baby just inside the toilet, not in the hole of the toilet.”

An ambulance rushed the baby to Butterworth Hospital. A case of child abandonment was been opened. No arrests were made.


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