The police in Huye District is investigating the possible suspect who dropped a six months baby in one of the National University of Rwanda(UNR)’s pit latrine, Christopher Muhima the university’s guild president has said.
The baby was picked at 16:00 am on Sunday. Until now, the suspected mother is not yet known as investigations continue.
“I was called by the commissioner in charge of Social Affairs Jean Baptist Kamanzi around 14:00 telling me that a six months new born baby had been picked from Nyarutarama girls hostels,” Muhima said in a telephone interview.
“I then rushed there with the commissioner in charge of protocol and exactly found a body of a six month baby. We then called the police and the university hostels told medic to do an autopsy of the body,” Muhima added.
According to the guild president, investigations by the police are ongoing to ascertain the person who threw the innocent soul in the toilet.
“We also alerted the office of the dean of students and the Estate directorate” he added.
It’s not the first time such incidents happen at the University because two years ago a new baby was picked from the same latrine at the same hostel after the mother aborted.
“I was called by a student who was informed by the cleaner that there is a body of a baby in the toilet.” Kamanzi commissioner in charge of Social Affairs said.
Unfortunately efforts to reach the lady who saw the body first were futile by press time.
The child’s body was taken to the universities hospital CHUB for the postmortem and no details has been disclosed so far.
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