A 21-year-old woman is in police custody at Mchinji Police Station on suspicion that she killed her one-month old son.
According to Mchinji Police public Relations officer Limbani Mpinganjira ,the suspect identified as Mdzuulura Phiri from Zandana Village in the area of Traditional Authority Mlonyeni is alleged to have committed the offence during the night of May 10, 2023 in the same village of Zandana.
Mchinji Police PRO added that the suspect who is a sex worker and on several occasions she has been spotted going to drinking joints alongside her baby without proper care.
On the material day, as per routine, sister to the suspect observed that she had gone for drinking with her baby on her back and returned while the baby was asleep
Suspiciously, the sister checked on the suspect and observed that the son was no longer breathing.
Upon questioning her, the suspect revealed to have hit the baby down against the ground at a local drinking joint in the area.
Mpinganjira also said when police detectives visited the scene and conveyed the dead body to Mchinji District Hospital Mortuary pending postmortem.
Meanwhile, inquiries are still in progress.
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