Five rape cases over two days

POLICE have reported five cases of rape between Thursday and Saturday last week.At around 05h00 on Thursday, a 20-year-old woman was raped in a storeroom at Club Kazondjandja at Kuisebmond at Walvis Bay.

The suspect, whose identity is not known, is still at large. * Later on Thursday, a 15-year-old girl from Otjiwarongo was forced to have sex with a 41-year-old man.A suspect has been arrested and appeared in court yesterday.* On the same day at around 14h00, a seven-year-old girl at a village at Katima Mulilo was raped, allegedly by an 18-year-old boy.The boy allegedly threatened to beat her if she screamed.He has since been arrested.* Police at Luederitz are looking for a 30-year-old man in connection with the rape of a 19-year-old woman at the town.* A 30-year-old man has been arrested in Outjo for the alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl at the Ouas settlement on Saturday.* Later on Thursday, a 15-year-old girl from Otjiwarongo was forced to have sex with a 41-year-old man.A suspect has been arrested and appeared in court yesterday.* On the same day at around 14h00, a seven-year-old girl at a village at Katima Mulilo was raped, allegedly by an 18-year-old boy.The boy allegedly threatened to beat her if she screamed.He has since been arrested.* Police at Luederitz are looking for a 30-year-old man in connection with the rape of a 19-year-old woman at the town.* A 30-year-old man has been arrested in Outjo for the alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl at the Ouas settlement on Saturday.

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