Body of man found in Oshakati canal

THE body of a man believed to be in his 40s was found in a canal behind the Sky informal section in Oshakati on Wednesday afternoon.

Police spokesperson Constable Christina Fonsech said the body was found by local residents, who informed the Police about it. The Police have not yet identified the man.It is believed that he drowned while bathing in the canal and that he was a resident of the Kandjengedi, Oneshila or Sky sections of Oshakati.* A woman from Okathitukakashokolo in the Ongandjera area of the Omusati Region has been accused of seriously burning her eight-year-old daughter on Monday.Omusati Police spokesman Sergeant Lineekela Shikongo told The Namibian that the woman found her children playing with fire in a grain-storage room.To punish them, she picked up a piece of burning firewood and allegedly burnt the girl, eight-year-old Hekaria Mateus, on the lips.The child was rushed to the Okahao State Hospital that same evening, where she is still getting treatment.Shikongo said the woman has not yet been arrested, as she is taking care of her child in hospital.* At Emono village near Oshakati, an 11-year-old girl was raped at the beginning of the month.Fonsech said the rape took place on January 1 but was only reported to the Police on Wednesday.* In the Kandjegedi section of Oshakati, security guard Mateus Sakaria (29) shot himself in the head with a pistol yesterday morning.He was working for the 901 security company and was originally from Ondiyamande village in the Oshana Region.The Police have not yet identified the man.It is believed that he drowned while bathing in the canal and that he was a resident of the Kandjengedi, Oneshila or Sky sections of Oshakati.* A woman from Okathitukakashokolo in the Ongandjera area of the Omusati Region has been accused of seriously burning her eight-year-old daughter on Monday.Omusati Police spokesman Sergeant Lineekela Shikongo told The Namibian that the woman found her children playing with fire in a grain-storage room.To punish them, she picked up a piece of burning firewood and allegedly burnt the girl, eight-year-old Hekaria Mateus, on the lips.The child was rushed to the Okahao State Hospital that same evening, where she is still getting treatment.Shikongo said the woman has not yet been arrested, as she is taking care of her child in hospital.* At Emono village near Oshakati, an 11-year-old girl was raped at the beginning of the month. Fonsech said the rape took place on January 1 but was only reported to the Police on Wednesday.* In the Kandjegedi section of Oshakati, security guard Mateus Sakaria (29) shot himself in the head with a pistol yesterday morning.He was working for the 901 security company and was originally from Ondiyamande village in the Oshana Region.