
<p class="has-drop-cap">A 23-year-old Hwange woman who suffered massive complications after terminating a pregnancy was arrested on her hospital bed after the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers pounced on her following a police report. </p>



<p class="has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color">The woman, Shyleen Ncube, 23, of Shangano village in Dete was arrested on Saturday at St Patrick’s Hospital in Hwange where she is currently admitted<a href="https://occupygh.com/akufo-addo-meets-with-137-market-associations-amidst-coronavirus-disinfection-exercise-photos">.</a> She was charged with unlawful termination of pregnancy but is yet to appear in court.</p>



<p>According to reports from NewZimbabwe, Ncube unlawfully terminated her pregnancy and then buried the fetus in a shallow grave near her house. She later fell ill after the unsafe abortion procedure. She was then rushed to the hospital for immediate medical attention.</p>



<p>She was only arrested after a herd boy came across the grave and alerted the woman’s mother-in-law about what he had discovered. The woman’s mother in law, Sitshengisiwe Ncube informed the police who then launched an investigation.</p>



<p>An excerpt from the police report reads:</p>



<p>A herdboy Alton Sibanda saw the grave as he was driving goats from a maize field,” read the police report. He informed Sitshengisiwe Ncube and the two went to the shallow grave where they saw bloodied footprints and followed them.<br>The footprints led them to the accused’s homestead but found that she had already been rushed to the hospital after she developed complications.<br>Police were tipped about the suspected terminated pregnancy and went to the area on 21 March police to investigate.<br>The mother-in-law led them to a maize field where the shallow grave was and later to the accused’s homestead which is at the end of the field.</p>



<p>Police dug the baby which was wrapped in a piece of cloth. The baby was taken to Hwange Colliery Hospital mortuary.</p>




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