Woman arrested after throwing her 8-month-old baby into the ocean at Likoni Ferry
Video screengrabs show passengers and divers rescuing an 8-month-old baby that was thrown into the Indian Ocean by her mother at Likoni Ferry in Mombasa County on December 3, 2023.
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A
woman threw her eight-month-old baby into the Indian Ocean at Mombasa County’s
Likoni Ferry on Sunday.
Police
say the lady is believed to be deaf and tossed the baby into the water as MV
Kwale, which was heading to the mainland from the island, docked at the wharf
to load passengers.
The
child was rescued by divers who swiftly swam into the ocean.
“[She]
was rushed for first aid at the Red Cross Centre, treated and discharged in
fair condition and her mother taken to the police station for interrogation,”
reads a report filed at the Ferry Police Station.
Videos
circulated widely online showed passengers helping the divers rescue the infant
from the water.
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