Police are searching for leads after the latest murder of a child in Gauteng, this time in Orange Farm.
The body of a 3-year-old girl was discovered by a waste picker on Thursday.
The child had been stabbed and dumped in a rubbish bin in Lakeview.
Police said that the child’s mother had reported her missing earlier this week.
Spokesperson Kay Makhubele: “A man who was collecting plastic in Lakeview in Orange Farm saw a bin with the body of the child inside. It was found that the child had been killed and a case of murder has been opened and no one has been arrested yet.”
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