Police confirmed they were investigating a case of kidnapping.
Police spokesperson Col Thembeka Mbele said the mother was essentially tricked into handing over her child.
"She was at a clinic in Pietermaritzburg, taking her newborn baby girl for a check-up, when she was approached by the unknown woman dressed in a maroon dress. The suspect lured the mother to the shop to buy a certain dress, while asking to hold the baby,” said Mbele.
“She asked the mother to stand in the queue to make a payment. The suspect fled the scene with the baby,” Mbele added.
This is a developing story.
Mom tricked into handing over newborn baby
Image: Supplied / SACCW
A search is under way for a newborn baby who was “kidnapped” while her mother paid for goods at a shop in Pietermaritzburg, the SA Community Crime Watch group said on Wednesday.
The girl, who was four days old at the time, went missing on Friday, shortly after leaving a clinic with her mother.
Image: Supplied/ SACCW
She was dressed in a pink babygro and wrapped in a yellow blanket.
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Police confirmed they were investigating a case of kidnapping.
Police spokesperson Col Thembeka Mbele said the mother was essentially tricked into handing over her child.
"She was at a clinic in Pietermaritzburg, taking her newborn baby girl for a check-up, when she was approached by the unknown woman dressed in a maroon dress. The suspect lured the mother to the shop to buy a certain dress, while asking to hold the baby,” said Mbele.
“She asked the mother to stand in the queue to make a payment. The suspect fled the scene with the baby,” Mbele added.
This is a developing story.
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