Boys aged 9 and 12 held for rape

TWO young boys have been arrested at Stampriet in the South in connection with the alleged rape of a six-year-old girl at the town’s soccer field late on Friday night, the Police reported this week.

The suspects are aged nine and 12. * At Grootfontein, a 31-year-old woman has laid charges of rape against a former friend, who she said raped her in the early hours of Sunday morning.The 30-year-old man has been arrested.* A 15-year-old girl was allegedly held at knifepoint and raped by two suspects at Lubasi village, Musanga area, at Katima Mulilo on Monday.Police investigations continue.* A 26-year-old man has been arrested in Ohangwena, northern Namibia, for being in possession of an unregistered 9mm pistol whose serial number had been filed off.The pistol contained a magazine with six rounds of ammunition.* Also in the North, a 59-year-old woman from Outapi drowned in a canal on Saturday.She has been identified as Aikola Onesmus.* Nicodemus Erastus Kooper (15) allegedly hanged himself from a tree at the farm Nuwekalk in the Tses area on Monday.The Police report that he used a shoelace.* At Grootfontein, a 31-year-old woman has laid charges of rape against a former friend, who she said raped her in the early hours of Sunday morning.The 30-year-old man has been arrested.* A 15-year-old girl was allegedly held at knifepoint and raped by two suspects at Lubasi village, Musanga area, at Katima Mulilo on Monday.Police investigations continue.* A 26-year-old man has been arrested in Ohangwena, northern Namibia, for being in possession of an unregistered 9mm pistol whose serial number had been filed off.The pistol contained a magazine with six rounds of ammunition.* Also in the North, a 59-year-old woman from Outapi drowned in a canal on Saturday.She has been identified as Aikola Onesmus.* Nicodemus Erastus Kooper (15) allegedly hanged himself from a tree at the farm Nuwekalk in the Tses area on Monday.The Police report that he used a shoelace.