A woman was on Sunday arrested after she threw her eight-month-old baby into the Indian Ocean at Mombasa County’s Likoni Ferry.

According to police, the lady is believed to be deaf and tossed the baby into the water as MV Kwale, which was heading to the mainland from the island, docked at the wharf to load passengers.

In a police report filed at the Ferry Police Station,the child was rescued by divers who swiftly swam into the ocean.

“She was rushed for first aid at the Red Cross Centre, treated and discharged in fair condition and her mother taken to the police station for interrogation,” reads the report.

Videos widely online showed passengers helping the divers rescue the infant from the water.

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