An 18-year-old girl and three other persons, including a doctor, were arrested by the police in the town of Torit on Thursday for conducting an illegal abortion, police said.
The incident occurred at Hai Silak.
“We have arrested an 18-year-old lady called Hellen for illegal abortion of 4-month fetus. We took her for medical checkup and it was confirmed she had aborted,” Justin Kleopus Takuru, the area police spokesman, told Radio Tamazuj on Friday.
He added, “The lady confessed to the crime and brought a secondary school student who admitted that he impregnated the lady and that they agreed to abort the fetus.”
The police officer further said a relative of the boy and the medical doctor who performed the illegal abortion were also arrested.
According to Takuru, a case has been opened against the four suspects and they would be arraigned in court.
“We have forwarded the case to the prosecutor so that they go to court. As police, we don’t encourage such acts,” he stressed.
Takuru urged parents to monitor their children to avoid such incidences.