MMAKAU. – A 33-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man have been arrested after police discovered a fetus in a shallow grave at a property in Mmakau, North West.
Police received information on Thursday 12 November about a fetus allegedly buried at a home in the Selosesha residential area. Investigating officers followed up on the information the next day and found a shallow grave.
According to the South African Police Service (SAPS), a woman was allegedly approximately five months pregnant when she became ill early on Wednesday 11 November. A fetus was discovered by the man in a bucket the following morning. He allegedly wrapped it in a blanket and buried it.
According to police, the two suspects later exhumed the fetus and reburied it in a shallow grave at the woman's home in Selosesha.
The suspects led police to the property where the fetus was buried. The woman was taken to the Ga-Rankuwa clinic for medical treatment.
The two face charges of concealment of birth and are expected to appear in the Ga-Rankuwa magistrate's court on Monday 16 November.
Lt. Gen. AP Adams, provincial commissioner of the SAPS in North West, commended the police officers for their actions and following up on information that led to the arrests.
Source: SAPS
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
