{"id":54319,"date":"2016-08-10T11:09:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T09:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/echonews.sites.caxton.co.za\/54319\/police-finally-make-arrest-after-latest-discovery-2\/"},"modified":"2016-08-11T13:34:21","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T11:34:21","slug":"police-finally-make-arrest-after-latest-discovery-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2016\/08\/10\/police-finally-make-arrest-after-latest-discovery-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Police finally make arrest after latest discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the last week of July, three foetuses were found dumped in Mhluzi, two at full term and the third, estimated at eight months gestation, missing its right leg.<\/p>\n

Two of the foetuses found in July were discovered at a dumpsite, while the third was discovered by primary school children on a walking path, used by hundreds of pedestrians daily.<\/p>\n

The latest discovery was made on Saturday near a stream next to Nasaret by a passerby, who was attracted by a swarm of flies hovering around a plastic bag.<\/p>\n

The community mobilised and identified a pregnant woman who suspiciously lost her baby over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Breanda Mrenga, a foreign national, was arrested and charged with concealment of birth.<\/p>\n

She appeared in court on Monday. Police say they are still on the hunt for the mothers of the three babies dumped in Mhluzi.<\/p>\n

Timeline of other foetus discoveries in town:<\/p>\n

\u2022 2012 \u2013 Two foetuses<\/a> were found dumped in Middelburg town, one in a dumpster in the vicinity of the Rex Cafe, and the other drifting in a bucket in Athlone Dam.<\/p>\n

\u2022 2014 \u2013 Baby X<\/a> is discovered, wrapped in newspaper, next to the railway line by a passing teenager. The baby survived and has since been adopted.<\/p>\n

\u2022 2016 \u2013 July: Three babies are found in six days<\/a>. Two of them, one estimated at eight months gestation, and the other a full term baby, were found on the dumping site. The last one was discovered by primary school children next to a footpath used by hundreds of pedestrians each day. August 6: A baby girl, wrapped in a plastic bag, was discovered in Nasaret. Breanda Mrenga was arrested and charged for concealment of birth.<\/p>\n