Foetus found in toilet pit

By Kim Saulse
28 September 2009

A premature baby was found in a long drop toilet in a Kwa –Zulu Natal suburb this morning.

Police and the Netcare rescue unit responded to the scene to recover the baby from the toilet pit.

Upon arrival at the scene, they were taken down a muddy pathway to an old toilet pit.The baby was wrapped in a plastic bag and thrown into the partially covered pit about one and a half meters deep .

Dave Stein from S A P search and rescue used a long stick to lift the bag out of the hole. The rescue teams found a small under developed foetus wrapped in the packet .

Police are still investigating the incident.