A woman’s body was found in a field by paramedics at the weekend with her baby lying on her chest.
ER24 said medics found a woman lying in a field at the R114 and Pretorius Street intersection in Laezonia.
“Assessments showed the woman had succumbed to a gunshot wound in her chest.”
A baby girl, believed to be eight-months-old, was found lying on the mother’s chest when the first responders arrived.
The child was uninjured and was handed to local authorities to be taken to a haven.
Details are unknown.
Authorities were on the scene for further investigations, said ER24.
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Baby found lying on top of her slain mother’s body
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A woman’s body was found in a field by paramedics at the weekend with her baby lying on her chest.
ER24 said medics found a woman lying in a field at the R114 and Pretorius Street intersection in Laezonia.
“Assessments showed the woman had succumbed to a gunshot wound in her chest.”
A baby girl, believed to be eight-months-old, was found lying on the mother’s chest when the first responders arrived.
The child was uninjured and was handed to local authorities to be taken to a haven.
Details are unknown.
Authorities were on the scene for further investigations, said ER24.
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