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AN 18-year-old girl was arrested on Thursday morning for allegedly abandoning her newborn baby at Rundu’s Ndama location.
The police say the newborn was abandoned in the bushes near a road, before being found alive and immediately being transported to the Rundu Intermediate Hospital.
The teen was admitted to the hospital for a standard after-birth examination after her arrest.
The charge being investigated against her is child abandonment, which is child neglect as stipulated in the Children’s Act.
It is not yet known when the teen will appear in court.
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