Street sweepers find baby in black bag

File picture by Paul Keller

File picture by Paul Keller

Published May 21, 2015

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Rustenburg - Municipal workers found the body of a newborn baby girl wrapped in a black plastic bag along a street in Extension 7 in Butterworth, Eastern Cape on Thursday.

Provincial police spokesperson Captain Jackson Manatha said: “The workers were busy cleaning the streets of Butterworth when they discovered the foetus early this morning (Thursday) at about 07:15. Butterworth police have opened an inquest docket for further investigation.”

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