A newborn baby was killed this morning as his or her little body was thrown from a car. The little body of the newborn baby was found along Plein Street in Cape Town.

PEOPLE WORKING IN THE AREA WERE REPORTEDLY IN TEARS

The small body of the unidentified baby was found by a passer-by. According to reports, people working in the area were crying as the baby was covered by police.

It is believed the baby was thrown from a vehicle. Police could not yet confirm the sex of the baby.

Police spokesperson Sergeant Wesley Twigg said a case of concealment of birth is investigated.

Anyone with any information about this incident can contact Crime Stop on 08600 10111.

ABANDONMENT OF BABIES ON THE INCREASE? 

It is quite sad as abandonment of infants in South Africa has, unfortunately, become a common occurrence.

Four newborns babies and foetuses were found dumped in South Africa in three months of 2021: 

On 12 November 2021, an aborted foetus was discovered in a rubbish bag on College Lane in the Durban Central Business District. On 19 September 2021, a newborn baby was found dead in the Blaaupan dam in Bonaero Park, South East Kempton Park. Another body of a new baby was found washed ashore on Brighton Beach in Gqeberha on 17 September 2021.

On 14 September 2021, another newborn foetus wrapped in a rubbish bag was found dumped at the Phoenix taxi rank in Durban

Many of these children are left to die, or are simply abandoned, in dustbins, open fields, public toilets, or on train tracks.