A 41-year-old woman hanged herself with a scarf in her mother’s mahangu field at Ampole village in the Omusati Region on Sunday, the Police reported on Tuesday.
No further details were available. * An argument at an Okahao cuca shop left 19-year-old David Iiyambo hospitalised on Saturday night.Iiambo was stabbed in the ribs with a pocketknife while arguing with an unknown man.He was rushed to the Okahao District Hospital, and was later transferred to the Oshakati State Hospital.* A seven-year-old boy drowned in the Noordoewer Canal on Sunday afternoon while playing next to the canal with his younger brother.His body was only retrieved the next day, Police reported.* A Windhoek resident, 23-year-old Hendrina Heynz, was allegedly robbed of goods valued at more than N$1 000 on Thursday night.She was accosted by three armed men, who robbed her of her handbag, cellphone and money.Police have arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with the robbery.* In Rundu, 30-year-old Epidius Hausiku died after being stabbed in the chest with a pocketknife on Thursday.A suspect has been arrested.* In Windhoek, two cases of rape were reported in Katutura over the weekend, the Police reported.In the first incident, a 23-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a 34-year-old man in the parking area at the Sam Nujoma Stadium at around 01h00 on Friday.Nuuyi said the two were at a party and told others that they were going somewhere looking for more alcohol.The man allegedly had other ideas and stopped at the stadium and raped the woman.On Saturday, a 26-year-old man accompanied a 22-year-old woman from a party in Richard Kamuhuka Street and allegedly raped her repeatedly between 22h00 and 06h00 in the morning.Both suspects have been arrested and Police investigations continue.* An argument at an Okahao cuca shop left 19-year-old David Iiyambo hospitalised on Saturday night.Iiambo was stabbed in the ribs with a pocketknife while arguing with an unknown man.He was rushed to the Okahao District Hospital, and was later transferred to the Oshakati State Hospital.* A seven-year-old boy drowned in the Noordoewer Canal on Sunday afternoon while playing next to the canal with his younger brother. His body was only retrieved the next day, Police reported.* A Windhoek resident, 23-year-old Hendrina Heynz, was allegedly robbed of goods valued at more than N$1 000 on Thursday night.She was accosted by three armed men, who robbed her of her handbag, cellphone and money.Police have arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with the robbery.* In Rundu, 30-year-old Epidius Hausiku died after being stabbed in the chest with a pocketknife on Thursday.A suspect has been arrested.* In Windhoek, two cases of rape were reported in Katutura over the weekend, the Police reported.In the first incident, a 23-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a 34-year-old man in the parking area at the Sam Nujoma Stadium at around 01h00 on Friday.Nuuyi said the two were at a party and told others that they were going somewhere looking for more alcohol.The man allegedly had other ideas and stopped at the stadium and raped the woman.On Saturday, a 26-year-old man accompanied a 22-year-old woman from a party in Richard Kamuhuka Street and allegedly raped her repeatedly between 22h00 and 06h00 in the morning.Both suspects have been arrested and Police investigations continue.
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