A two-week-old baby boy was found dumped in a gravel pit in Bulawayo’s Pumula South on Sunday.

The baby who was placed inside a plastic bag was wearing a diaper only.

“Police in Bulawayo are investigating a case of exposing an infant in which a baby boy (approximately two weeks old) was found in a gravel pit at Emagodini, Pumula South on Sunday. The baby was wearing a diaper only and was placed in a plastic paper,” the police said on their Twitter page.

In a similar incident, ZRP Western Commonage is investigating another case of baby dumping after a baby boy (approximately two weeks old) was found wrapped in a cream and red blanket along a railway line near Matshobane ground on Saturday.

The police said the babies have since been admitted to local hospitals.

Senzeni Ncube is an accomplished journalist based in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, with seven years of experience in hard news, investigative writing, fact-checking, and a keen focus on social development, mining,...

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