Another death at Oshakati bridge

A woman from Okakukiipupu village near Oshakati was found drowned under Oshakati’s so-called suicide bridge yesterday.

The woman was identified as Flodina Theofelus (47). People passing by the bridge on Wednesday morning noticed some clothes and shoes abandoned on the bridge and called the Police.The discovery was reported on the NBC’s Oshiwambo radio service.Theofelus’s children, who had noticed that she was missing, identified the clothes as belonging to her.Police searched the river but found nothing on Wednesday.The body was noticed yesterday and recovered by the Police.Suicide is suspected.Three other people have committed suicide this year by jumping off the bridge.Residents have called on the Oshakati Town Council to do something to prevent people from jumping off the bridge.People passing by the bridge on Wednesday morning noticed some clothes and shoes abandoned on the bridge and called the Police.The discovery was reported on the NBC’s Oshiwambo radio service.Theofelus’s children, who had noticed that she was missing, identified the clothes as belonging to her.Police searched the river but found nothing on Wednesday.The body was noticed yesterday and recovered by the Police.Suicide is suspected.Three other people have committed suicide this year by jumping off the bridge.Residents have called on the Oshakati Town Council to do something to prevent people from jumping off the bridge.