South Africa: Mother throws baby from burning building after looters ransack shops

A desperate mother was forced to throw her baby from a burning building in the South African city of Durban after looters set fire to shops on the ground floor. The woman was seen dropping the child down to a crowd of bystanders with their arms outstretched as smoke billowed around her. The baby escaped unhurt and was later reunited with its mother, the BBC reported. It was one of countless scenes that have left South Africans in shock after six days of looting and arson in Johannesburg and KwaZulu Natal. Read the full story here: Subscribe to The Telegraph on YouTube ► Get the latest headlines: and are websites of The Telegraph, the UK’s best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.