An 18-year-old Grade 11 pupil of a school at Elim in the Omusati region was arrested on Thursday for allegedly killing her newborn baby.
Omusati police crime investigations coordinator Malakia Simaho said the teenager gave birth to a baby boy at her school’s hostel on Thursday.
“She gave birth to the boy and inserted toilet papers in his mouth and further wrapped him in her T-shirt and put the body in a bucket. The suspect hid the body in a hostel room cupboard [where it] was discovered by other learners who found a trail of blood in the shower,” said Simaho.
The suspect was consequently arrested.
She is set to appear in the Outapi Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
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