Chilling moment a woman dumps ‘a newborn baby’ into a public bin before calmly walking away

A woman allegedly threw a newborn baby into a public bin today in the Chinese city of Hefei.

CCTV footage has emerged online showing the woman putting a red bucket, which was said to contain the baby, into a bin before calmly walking away.

The baby was found by a sanitation worker and it had already been dead, it is said.

She is seen calmly walking away afterwards on a street in Hefei, east China’s Anhui Province

It remains unclear whether the baby was alive or dead while allegedly being dumped in the bin. 

The sanitation worker told Pear Video that she was trying to empty the bin when she saw the body of the baby. 

She said she was ‘scared’ and asked other people to call the police. 

Apparently the CCTV footage of the street shows the red bucket had been placed in the bin by a woman in black in broad daylight.

A sanitation worker (pictured) said she found a baby in the bucket while trying to empty the bin

One eyewitness (pictured) told Pear Video that the baby was about 3.5 kilograms (7.7 pounds)

Pear Video quoted an eyewitness who claimed that the baby was about 3.5 kilograms (7.7 pounds) and had thick, dark hair.  

Police have launched an investigation into the case, according to Pear Video.

According to the Chinese Criminal Law, if a person is found guilty of abandoning their children, he or she could be jailed for up to five years.