Prisoner escapes from city hospital

A 17-year-old trial-awaiting prisoner escaped from the Windhoek Central Hospital on Sunday, the Police reported yesterday.

He made a break for it when the Police officer guarding him left him alone while going to check on another trial-awaiting prisoner in a different ward, the Police say. * A 19-year-old man from Okahao was arrested over the weekend for the alleged rape of a nine-year-old girl at Ongandjera.According to the Police, the victim had been on her way home from school on Friday, when she was grabbed and pulled into the nearby bushes.* A resident of Windhoek’s Rocky Crest suburb was robbed at gunpoint on Tuesday afternoon.Jason Mbwalu was robbed of his cellphone and six recharge vouchers.The total value of the stolen items is N$650.* A 34-year-old man from Ohangwena committed suicide by shooting himself on Sunday morning, after he allegedly shot and wounded his wife several times in the head and back.She is in a critical condition in the Oshakati State hospital.* A 45-year-old woman from a village in Ombalantu is said to have committed suicide on Monday.According to the Police, the family of Kaarina Shikomba found her hanging from a tree early on Monday morning.* A 56-year-old woman from Okahao allegedly hanged herself with a piece of cloth from a tree on Sunday.She has been identified as Elivina Fillipus.* A 19-year-old man from Okahao was arrested over the weekend for the alleged rape of a nine-year-old girl at Ongandjera.According to the Police, the victim had been on her way home from school on Friday, when she was grabbed and pulled into the nearby bushes.* A resident of Windhoek’s Rocky Crest suburb was robbed at gunpoint on Tuesday afternoon.Jason Mbwalu was robbed of his cellphone and six recharge vouchers.The total value of the stolen items is N$650.* A 34-year-old man from Ohangwena committed suicide by shooting himself on Sunday morning, after he allegedly shot and wounded his wife several times in the head and back. She is in a critical condition in the Oshakati State hospital.* A 45-year-old woman from a village in Ombalantu is said to have committed suicide on Monday.According to the Police, the family of Kaarina Shikomba found her hanging from a tree early on Monday morning.* A 56-year-old woman from Okahao allegedly hanged herself with a piece of cloth from a tree on Sunday.She has been identified as Elivina Fillipus.