Photo: Newborn baby found abandoned at a backyard

A newborn baby boy was found at yesterday evening, at a back yard of a house at Vries Street in Stutterheim, South Africa.

It is alleged that the baby was heard crying by the house occupants. The baby was taken by ambulance to hospital where he is being kept.

A case of child abandonment has been registered at Stutterheim SAPS. Police investigation is continuing in tracking down the mother of the child and have appealed to anyone with information that could lead to the identification of the baby or parents to contact them.