A 19-year-old woman was arrested by the Oshana police on Monday for allegedly dumping her baby in a pit latrine in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The incident happened at Omashaka gaKamanya village outside Ondangwa. According to sources, the teen mother gave birth in the early hours of Sunday and allegedly killed the baby, wrapped it in a maize meal bag and threw the body into the family’s pit latrine.
The Oshana police chief, Commissioner Rauha Amwele, said the suspect was arrested but was admitted to the Onandjokwe hospital until she is fit to appear in court.
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