Patient uses IV tube to hang herself

A 67-year-old woman who was being treated in the Onandjokwe Lutheran hospital in the North hanged herself with her IV tube on Sunday afternoon.

Police have identified her as Ndina Johannes. No further details were available.* A 27-year-old man died at the Swakopmund State Hospital early on Tuesday morning after complaining about a headache.Isaskar Geingob was awaiting trial in a stock theft case.He was admitted to hospital on Monday morning at around 10h00, and was declared dead at 02h25 on Tuesday, the Police reported.* The Police are trying to trace a man who allegedly raped his 20-year-old niece sometime in May.She reported the case after finding out she was pregnant.* A 28-year-old man from Elakalapwa village in the Ohangwena Region committed suicide by shooting himself twice on Monday morning.The Police reported that Immanuel Kafidi shot himself in the head with a pistol, but still managed to shoot himself in the chest before dying.* A man was shot in the arm with a shotgun after a scuffle with a security guard outside a bottle store at Ondangwa on Friday night.Silvanus Kandombo and three other men were allegedly quarrelling in the bottle store when the security guard ordered them out.Kandombo allegedly tried to grab the security’s knobkierie and was shot in the arm and leg.He is in a stable condition.A case of attempted murder has been opened against the security guard.No further details were available.* A 27-year-old man died at the Swakopmund State Hospital early on Tuesday morning after complaining about a headache.Isaskar Geingob was awaiting trial in a stock theft case.He was admitted to hospital on Monday morning at around 10h00, and was declared dead at 02h25 on Tuesday, the Police reported.* The Police are trying to trace a man who allegedly raped his 20-year-old niece sometime in May.She reported the case after finding out she was pregnant.* A 28-year-old man from Elakalapwa village in the Ohangwena Region committed suicide by shooting himself twice on Monday morning.The Police reported that Immanuel Kafidi shot himself in the head with a pistol, but still managed to shoot himself in the chest before dying.* A man was shot in the arm with a shotgun after a scuffle with a security guard outside a bottle store at Ondangwa on Friday night.Silvanus Kandombo and three other men were allegedly quarrelling in the bottle store when the security guard ordered them out.Kandombo allegedly tried to grab the security’s knobkierie and was shot in the arm and leg.He is in a stable condition.A case of attempted murder has been opened against the security guard.