By Staff Reporter
A head of a dumped baby was recovered after its body was mauled by stray dogs in Harare’s Hatcliffe suburb, police have reported.
Police said, “they were investigating a case of infanticide in which the remains of a baby were found being eaten by dogs at Hatcliffe Dust Ground, Harare on 31 July 2024”.
“The head and an arm were recovered at the scene,” police said on Thursday.
In another incident, police in Borrowdale, Harare are investigating circumstances surrounding a case of baby dumping in which a newly born female baby was found wrapped in a black plastic bag abandoned along Alpes Road near SIRDC, Harare on 30 July 2024.
The baby was taken to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals.
Police appealed for information that could help in their investigations.
