Graphic Photo: 8-Month-Old Baby Allegedly Stabbed By Mum
It was a gory sight at the Accident and Emergency Unit of the Federal Teaching Hospital (FETHA), Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, as an 8-month-old baby boy was allegedly stabbed by his mother and brought into the ward for surgery with the knife still stuck in the boy’s abdomen.
Although, full details of the incident couldn’t be obtained, as the suspect, who was said to be a wife of a serving police Sergeant, was said to have been taken to a psychiatric hospital for treatment, it was gathered that the incident happened at the police barracks, Abakaliki.
According to sources, the woman who allegedly has periodic major mental disorder pierced her baby’s stomach with a kitchen knife and left the knife stuck in the baby’s stomach. Somebody saw it and raised the alarm that attracted neigbours.
According to an eyewitness and a medical practitioner at the Federal Teaching Hospital, who pleaded anonymity, the baby was brought into the emergency ward with the knife still stuck in his stomach while he had lost so much blood.
Giving more information about the incident, on individual named Omeri Francis Nwachi, on his Facebook page wrote:
”A woman stabbed this baby, you can’t imagine that it was true and I actually snapped it myself. The baby is still alive and was being prepared for surgical procedure. Please pray for the survival of this baby.
It happened at A&E fetha2 this evening 10th March, 2017. The child was stabbed by a woman. You can’t imagine that but it’s true and I actually snapped this myself. As at the time of filling this information the child was still alive and was being prepared for surgical procedure. Please for the survival of the little Innocent child,” he added.
Emeka Ogar, Chief Medical Director at the Federal Teaching Hospital, said the baby had been operated upon and the surgery was successful. He also expressed shock at the incident.
Photo credit: Omeri/Facebook
Jesus Christ! Poor child.
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