The Police reported yesterday that family members approached the girl about her obvious pregnancy, and she disclosed that she had been involved in "intimate relations" with her father on several occasions.

The man, whose identity is not being published to protect the victim, has been charged with rape.

The girl is reportedly seven months pregnant.

It is the second suspect Police have arrested for incest in less than two weeks.

The first arrest was made in the Ohangwena Region on January 12.

In that case, a 41-year-old man was arrested after his 17-year-old daughter allegedly gave birth to his child.

* Two more rapes were reported on Sunday.

At Katima Mulilo, a 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 26-year-old man, and the suspect was arrested on Monday.

Two hours later, at 22h00, a 20-year-old woman from a village in Ohangwena was brutally raped by an unknown man.

The suspect is still at large.

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