POLICE have recovered the body of a young man who allegedly committed suicide on Friday evening by jumping off a bridge near the Oshakati Police station.
The body surfaced under the bridge yesterday morning. The deceased was identified as Nelson Penouwa Haileka (21) from Oshakati West.The body was identified by Haileka’s mother, who had reported her son missing on Saturday.Police searched the river unsuccessfully on Saturday, and divers from Windhoek returned empty handed on Tuesday too.The bridge has become notorious as a place where people commit suicide.The deceased was identified as Nelson Penouwa Haileka (21) from Oshakati West.The body was identified by Haileka’s mother, who had reported her son missing on Saturday.Police searched the river unsuccessfully on Saturday, and divers from Windhoek returned empty handed on Tuesday too.The bridge has become notorious as a place where people commit suicide.
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