A 22-YEAR-OLD Kwekwe woman on Wednesday lost her one-week-old baby to a stranger in a suspected case of kidnapping.
The woman, Rumbidzai Gunhu, was coming from the hospital with her one-week-old infant when she met her misfortune.
Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the incident.
“Yes, there is a case of kidnapping of a seven-day-old female infant to an unknown female adult who purported to assist the mother to carry the baby from Kwekwe District Hospital going home,” Mahoko said.
He said Gunhu, of Mbizo, had gone to the hospital for post-natal care.
“After the services, she left the post-natal care unit holding the baby and met an unknown female adult who offered to accompany her home assisting to carry the baby,” Mahoko said.
“On the way, the woman gave Gunhu ZiG20 to go and buy freezits while she remained holding the baby.
“Gunhu returned after a few minutes and could not locate the woman and the baby.”
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She searched for the two all over and could not locate them, which made her file a report with the police.
“We are appealing to anyone with information that can lead to the arrest of the woman and recovery of the baby to alert any nearest police,” Mahoko said.
