A four-year-old girl was raped at Ombaadhiya village in the Uukwaluudhi district, northern Namibia, on Thursday.
A suspect has been arrested, the Police report. * The Police also reported that a 19-year-old resident of Eembwa village in Ongandjera, Elena Uugwana, reportedly drowned in a well on Monday last week.* Jonas Shikongo (25) apparently shot himself in the head with a shotgun at Omankono village in Uukwaluudhi district of Omusati on Saturday.* In another apparent suicide in the North, the body of 68-year-old Shipulwa Junias, an Onandjandja villager, was found hanging from a thorn tree near the village on Thursday afternoon.He is alleged to have committed suicide by hanging himself with his belt.* At Keetmanshoop, Police are searching for thieves who stole a power generator, a jackhammer, a spotlight, a 25-litre can of petrol and 20 metres of electrical cable from the Saagkop mine in that district.The goods are valued at N$90 936, the Police report.* A Windhoek resident, Jona Nghipukulwa, was held at gunpoint and robbed of a safe containing N$7 500 on Sunday night.The incident happened at the victim’s home in Ombili.The suspects are unknown and are still at large, the Police report.* The Police also reported that a 19-year-old resident of Eembwa village in Ongandjera, Elena Uugwana, reportedly drowned in a well on Monday last week.* Jonas Shikongo (25) apparently shot himself in the head with a shotgun at Omankono village in Uukwaluudhi district of Omusati on Saturday.* In another apparent suicide in the North, the body of 68-year-old Shipulwa Junias, an Onandjandja villager, was found hanging from a thorn tree near the village on Thursday afternoon.He is alleged to have committed suicide by hanging himself with his belt.* At Keetmanshoop, Police are searching for thieves who stole a power generator, a jackhammer, a spotlight, a 25-litre can of petrol and 20 metres of electrical cable from the Saagkop mine in that district.The goods are valued at N$90 936, the Police report.* A Windhoek resident, Jona Nghipukulwa, was held at gunpoint and robbed of a safe containing N$7 500 on Sunday night.The incident happened at the victim’s home in Ombili.The suspects are unknown and are still at large, the Police report.
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