A Cape Town family is in deep distress after their newborn son, just one week old, was abducted from a shopping mall in Bellville.
Baby Mogamat Imaad Shamar was last seen on Saturday, June 28, wrapped in a blue blanket and dressed in a white vest and white crawler with car prints. His sudden disappearance has left his family desperate for answers and praying for his safe return.
According to the mother, a woman known only as “Chivon” befriended her during her pregnancy, claiming to represent an organisation that supports young mothers with counselling and care packages. After the baby was born, the woman invited the new mother for a meal. During their outing, the mother briefly went to the bathroom due to feeling unwell. When she returned, both the woman and her baby were gone.
Flyers with Baby Shamar’s photo have since flooded social media in the hopes that someone has seen him.
In a separate, heartbreaking incident in the Eastern Cape, a four-week-old baby boy was found abandoned on Saturday. The child, discovered alive, was taken to hospital for medical evaluation. Police are now searching for the child’s mother as they investigate the case as child neglect.
Both families are facing unimaginable pain, and the public is urged to share any information that may assist in finding the missing baby or helping the ongoing investigations.