THREE people were admitted to hospital last Wednesday when the vehicle they had been travelling in overturned.Police reported yesterday that the Isuzu bakkie had a mechanical problem which caused the driver to lose control.
The driver and eight passengers were slightly injured. The incident took place between Rundu and Nkurenkuru in the north.* Police at Rundu are investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a house in the Queenspark area last Wednesday afternoon.The house and all the belongings inside were destroyed.It belonged to 35-year-old Rundu resident Hausiku Mpasi.* A trial-awaiting prisoner escaped from the Otavi Police station on Thursday.The suspect is 20-year-old Albert Auchumeb.* Two people were arrested at the Otjimbingwe reserve in the Karibib district on Sunday, after they were caught with six suspected stolen cattle.* A 12-year-old girl was allegedly raped at Outapi on Saturday.Police reported yesterday that the suspect is still at large.The incident is said to have happened at Ongwali village in the Uukolonkadhi area.* A 19-year-old Windhoek resident, Desmond Hoebeb, was arrested earlier this week for allegedly murdering a 24-year-old man with a knife on Sunday morning.The murder happened at the River Entertainment shebeen in Katutura on Sunday morning.The victim, Clearance Kharugab, died in the Katutura hospital at around 11h00 that day.The incident took place between Rundu and Nkurenkuru in the north.* Police at Rundu are investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a house in the Queenspark area last Wednesday afternoon.The house and all the belongings inside were destroyed.It belonged to 35-year-old Rundu resident Hausiku Mpasi.* A trial-awaiting prisoner escaped from the Otavi Police station on Thursday.The suspect is 20-year-old Albert Auchumeb.* Two people were arrested at the Otjimbingwe reserve in the Karibib district on Sunday, after they were caught with six suspected stolen cattle.* A 12-year-old girl was allegedly raped at Outapi on Saturday.Police reported yesterday that the suspect is still at large.The incident is said to have happened at Ongwali village in the Uukolonkadhi area.* A 19-year-old Windhoek resident, Desmond Hoebeb, was arrested earlier this week for allegedly murdering a 24-year-old man with a knife on Sunday morning.The murder happened at the River Entertainment shebeen in Katutura on Sunday morning.The victim, Clearance Kharugab, died in the Katutura hospital at around 11h00 that day.
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