Body of newly born baby dumped at dumpsite

Philis Chivheya and Gift Washaya

THE body of a newly born baby has been found after being dumped in Retreat Park.

It was in a sack.

Residents said the baby was found by someone who was collecting bottles for recycling.

“The man wanted to use the sack and realised there was something inside.

“Upon checking, he found a baby inside and alerted neighbours,” said Gracian Pemba.

She said the body spent the whole day at the dumping site despite them having alerted police earlier.

However, police defended the delay citing that they were notified late.

“We could not remove the baby as it was late and there are procedures that have to be taken before collecting the corpse,” said one of the police officers, who attended the scene.

Police officers spent the whole night on Wednesday protecting the place to safeguard the corpse.