Woman accused of dumping her baby

A YOUNG Angolan woman faces charges of attempted murder and concealment of birth after she allegedly threw her newborn baby into a toilet on Saturday.

A Police spokesperson, Inspector Hannes !Naruseb, said yesterday that the 20-year-old woman and her baby – a boy – were both being treated in hospital at Outapi after she allegedly put the baby into a toilet shortly after its birth. The baby was rescued and survived the incident, which took place at Outapi.!Naruseb also said two suspected suicides were reported in the North over the weekend.At Omufituwongama in the Okalongo area in the Omusati Region, Frans Kalola (30) is alleged to have committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun on Saturday, !Naruseb said.Also on Saturday, between 06h00 and 07h00, an Angolan man, Melita Mempapi, who is about 37 years old, is alleged to have hanged himself with a rope from a tree in a mahangu field in the Calueque area, he said.The baby was rescued and survived the incident, which took place at Outapi.!Naruseb also said two suspected suicides were reported in the North over the weekend.At Omufituwongama in the Okalongo area in the Omusati Region, Frans Kalola (30) is alleged to have committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun on Saturday, !Naruseb said.Also on Saturday, between 06h00 and 07h00, an Angolan man, Melita Mempapi, who is about 37 years old, is alleged to have hanged himself with a rope from a tree in a mahangu field in the Calueque area, he said.