Prison escape fails

FOUR prisoners made a failed attempt at escaping from Police custody at Ruacana on Friday.

They attacked a Police officer during a visit to the local clinic and robbed him of his cellphone and an R-5 firearm magazine. The suspects ran away, but were all rearrested on the same day.* A man was run over by a bakkie at Ombalantu on Friday night, after he apparently tried to cross the road.Police on Tuesday were still waiting for the deceased’s family to identify him.* A 20-year-old woman was arrested in Windhoek on Sunday, after a newborn baby was found dead in a toilet in Katutura’s Samuel Shikomba Street.The woman allegedly dumped the child in the toilet shortly after giving birth.* A man was robbed of his car in Windhoek’s Tsumeb Street on Sunday after two men held him at gunpoint.The car was later recovered at Omuhapa Street.No arrests have yet been made.The suspects ran away, but were all rearrested on the same day.* A man was run over by a bakkie at Ombalantu on Friday night, after he apparently tried to cross the road.Police on Tuesday were still waiting for the deceased’s family to identify him.* A 20-year-old woman was arrested in Windhoek on Sunday, after a newborn baby was found dead in a toilet in Katutura’s Samuel Shikomba Street.The woman allegedly dumped the child in the toilet shortly after giving birth.* A man was robbed of his car in Windhoek’s Tsumeb Street on Sunday after two men held him at gunpoint.The car was later recovered at Omuhapa Street.No arrests have yet been made.