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Zimbabwean woman jumps from 10th floor with baby

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A Zimbabwean woman and her 7-month old baby girl died in downtown Joburg on Friday morning, when the woman jumped off a building with the baby strapped to her back.

The husband and wife came to South Africa from Zimbabwe two years ago.

“The 24-year-old woman and her 7-month old baby died side-by-side.

“Her husband said they were having marriage problems,” said Percy Morokane, emergency management services spokesman.

He said the woman climbed to the top of the ten-storey building in central Johannesburg8am on Friday and jumped.
where she lived with her husband and child at about

“The husband said they were having marriage problems, but were happy.

“He said he didn’t think she would go this far. He is very traumatised,” Morokane said.

The woman was a student at Johannesburg University.

Police are investigating the incident. Sowetan


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