Babies found dead in their bedrooms

POLICE in the North are investigating the deaths of three people who were found dead in their bedrooms in different villages last week.

Oshana Police spokesperson Constable Christina Fonsech told The Namibian that a four-month-old boy, identified as Matheus Amakali, was found dead in his parents’ home at Omuthiya in the Oshikoto Region last Thursday. The cause of death is not known.Another baby, two-month-old Ndapewa Kambonde, was found dead in her parent’s bedroom at Omagongati village in the Oshana Region last Friday.Police are still investigating the cause of death.A 32-year-old man, identified as Daniel Ruben from Oshakati West, was also found dead in his room last Friday.The cause of death is being investigated.* The Police at Oshakati have also reported that a 37-year-old man, identified as Johannes Tangeni from Oshandumbala village in Oshikoto Region, hanged himself in his home last Friday.* At Oshalishakaupa near Ondangwa in the Oshana Region, an 80-year-old man, Immanuel Endjala, drowned after falling into a pond on Sunday.* Shiwoovanhu Naftal (26) from Okakoko village near Omuthiya in the Oshikoto Region burnt to death after his hut caught fire last Thursday.* At Ondangwa, a female security guard at the Town Council’s offices was overpowered and tied up on Monday.The robbers got away with her gun and a Toyota Land Cruiser belonging to the Council.* Police at Oshakati are investigating a case of culpable homicide after a 75-year-old woman was run over by a car on the town’s main street near the Oshakati open market.The deceased has been identified as Gemma Nankonda Johannes from Okakukiipupu village.* Also at Oshakati, a hotel supervisor was admitted to hospital with serious stab wounds last Wednesday.A security guard at the hotel has been arrested in connection with the incident.A hospital spokesperson has described the injured man’s condition as serious, but stable.The cause of death is not known.Another baby, two-month-old Ndapewa Kambonde, was found dead in her parent’s bedroom at Omagongati village in the Oshana Region last Friday.Police are still investigating the cause of death.A 32-year-old man, identified as Daniel Ruben from Oshakati West, was also found dead in his room last Friday.The cause of death is being investigated.* The Police at Oshakati have also reported that a 37-year-old man, identified as Johannes Tangeni from Oshandumbala village in Oshikoto Region, hanged himself in his home last Friday.* At Oshalishakaupa near Ondangwa in the Oshana Region, an 80-year-old man, Immanuel Endjala, drowned after falling into a pond on Sunday.* Shiwoovanhu Naftal (26) from Okakoko village near Omuthiya in the Oshikoto Region burnt to death after his hut caught fire last Thursday.* At Ondangwa, a female security guard at the Town Council’s offices was overpowered and tied up on Monday.The robbers got away with her gun and a Toyota Land Cruiser belonging to the Council.* Police at Oshakati are investigating a case of culpable homicide after a 75-year-old woman was run over by a car on the town’s main street near the Oshakati open market.The deceased has been identified as Gemma Nankonda Johannes from Okakukiipupu village.* Also at Oshakati, a hotel supervisor was admitted to hospital with serious stab wounds last Wednesday.A security guard at the hotel has been arrested in connection with the incident.A hospital spokesperson has described the injured man’s condition as serious, but stable.