A WOMAN suspected of being the mother of a one-month-old baby girl who was abandoned in bushes at Onuno village near Oshikango in Ohangwena Region on August 3 was arrested last Thursday.
The Police Commander for the Ohangwena Region, Deputy Commissioner Armas Shivute, said the suspect was a 33-year-old woman from Onawa near Ongenga. She has been charged with neglecting a child and attempted murder and appeared in the Eenhana Magistrate’s Court on Monday.She was not asked to plead and her case has been postponed to September 23 for further investigation.The baby is being taken care of at the Engela Hospital and is doing fine.She has been charged with neglecting a child and attempted murder and appeared in the Eenhana Magistrate’s Court on Monday.She was not asked to plead and her case has been postponed to September 23 for further investigation.The baby is being taken care of at the Engela Hospital and is doing fine.
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