The suspects are aged nine and 12.

* At Grootfontein, a 31-year-old woman has laid charges of rape against a former friend, who she said raped her in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The 30-year-old man has been arrested.

* A 15-year-old girl was allegedly held at knifepoint and raped by two suspects at Lubasi village, Musanga area, at Katima Mulilo on Monday.

Police investigations continue.

* A 26-year-old man has been arrested in Ohangwena, northern Namibia, for being in possession of an unregistered 9mm pistol whose serial number had been filed off.

The pistol contained a magazine with six rounds of ammunition.

* Also in the North, a 59-year-old woman from Outapi drowned in a canal on Saturday.

She has been identified as Aikola Onesmus.

* Nicodemus Erastus Kooper (15) allegedly hanged himself from a tree at the farm Nuwekalk in the Tses area on Monday.

The Police report that he used a shoelace.

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