Another female stabbing in North

THE Police in the Oshikoto Region are investigating a case in which an elderly woman was stabbed to death by another woman at Onyuulaye village on Saturday afternoon.

According to a Police Officer at Okatope Police Station, the deceased has been identified as Mwashelele Moombola (67). She was allegedly stabbed during a quarrel with Frieda Toivo (53) from Onyuulaye village.During the quarrel in a cuca shop, Moombola pulled out a traditional knife and stabbed Toivo in the chest.Toivo managed to wrest the knife from Moombola and stabbed her, also in the chest.Moombola died instantly.The seriously injured Toivo ran to the Onyuulaye Police station to report the incident, but collapsed and was admitted to hospital.Her condition has been described as serious but stable.This is the second stabbing of this nature in the North in the past week.A nurse at the Oshakati Hospital, Sister Albertina Mwaninga Hamunyela, died in the Oshakati State Hospital on Thursday night after she was allegedly stabbed by her best friend, former policewoman Beatha Kapepo, on October 23.The Okankolo Constituency Councillor, Josef Iimbili, told The Namibian yesterday that villagers in the area were stunned by these incidents and were asking why women have started killing each other with knives.She was allegedly stabbed during a quarrel with Frieda Toivo (53) from Onyuulaye village.During the quarrel in a cuca shop, Moombola pulled out a traditional knife and stabbed Toivo in the chest.Toivo managed to wrest the knife from Moombola and stabbed her, also in the chest.Moombola died instantly.The seriously injured Toivo ran to the Onyuulaye Police station to report the incident, but collapsed and was admitted to hospital.Her condition has been described as serious but stable.This is the second stabbing of this nature in the North in the past week.A nurse at the Oshakati Hospital, Sister Albertina Mwaninga Hamunyela, died in the Oshakati State Hospital on Thursday night after she was allegedly stabbed by her best friend, former policewoman Beatha Kapepo, on October 23.The Okankolo Constituency Councillor, Josef Iimbili, told The Namibian yesterday that villagers in the area were stunned by these incidents and were asking why women have started killing each other with knives.

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