Two girls aged in their twenties burnt a newborn baby early this morning.
The incident happened on Corner Perth and Fifth Avenue in Westdene in a passageway.
A close bystander said he just saw two women burning something.
“The woman were burning something with sticks and I didn’t know that it was a baby.
“When we went nearer we heard cracking sounds like meat on a braai and eventually saw that it was a baby.
“We then immediately contacted the police and they came,” he said.
The police are unsure whether the baby was alive or dead at that time.
Other local authorities were on the scene to investigate.
More updates to follow.