Police were last night searching for a mother who left a dying newborn boy in a plastic carrier bag outside a mosque with a note reading, ‘Please bury him for me’.
Mosque trustee Mohammed Akbar, who found the package yesterday morning, at first thought the baby was dead.
Police officers noticed signs of life and took the boy to hospital but medics were unable to save him.
There was a £10 note in the bag towards burial costs.
Mr Akbar, of the Makki Mosque in Stoke-on-Trent, said: ‘We were opening up for a Saturday school class when I saw the bag and realised it was a baby inside. It is so very sad.
‘The baby was totally wrapped up in white sheeting. You could not see the face.’
Detective Inspector Dave Giles said: ‘We urgently need the mother to come forward so we can help her.
Mosque trustee Mohammed Akbar, who found the package yesterday morning, at first thought the baby was dead.
Police officers noticed signs of life and took the boy to hospital but medics were unable to save him.
There was a £10 note in the bag towards burial costs.
Mr Akbar, of the Makki Mosque in Stoke-on-Trent, said: ‘We were opening up for a Saturday school class when I saw the bag and realised it was a baby inside. It is so very sad.
‘The baby was totally wrapped up in white sheeting. You could not see the face.’
Detective Inspector Dave Giles said: ‘We urgently need the mother to come forward so we can help her.
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