Raped by her own son

A 52-year-old woman from Blikkiesdorp township at Otavi was allegedly raped by her own son in the early morning hours of Friday.

Lazarus Arageb, aged 29, apparently entered his mother’s bedroom, forcefully grabbed her and had sexual intercourse with her without her consent. According to Warrant Officer Timothy Haikonda, the suspect was arrested.”The matter is still investigated,” Haikonda said yesterday.Stock theft at Rehoboth * Three young men attacked 55-year-old David Paulus in the Rehoboth area while he was herding sheep and goats, hacked him with a panga and tied him up with his own shoelaces.They stole four sheep and one goat from his herd.They were arrested while slaughtering the five animals in a nearby riverbed.The robbery took place on Tuesday last week.The suspects appeared in the Rehoboth court on Friday and investigations continue.* A 34-year-old woman appeared in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday on a charge of stealing seven clothes irons at the Vineta branch of Woermann Brock.The irons are valued at N$1 059.Hendrina Ashikoto was arrested on Wednesday around 13h00.Smuggled 184,5 kg of dagga A Namibian truck driver, Victus Makono (43), was arrested at the Trans-Kalahari border post at Buitepos last Thursday at 23h00 and 184,58 kg of dagga worth N$553 761 was allegedly found on him.Makono was travelling from South Africa through Botswana to Namibia.He appeared in the Gobabis Magistrate’s Court on Friday and was granted bail of N$10 000.The case was postponed to June 27 of this year Three women stabbed A 70-year-old woman and a 47-year-old woman were stabbed by an unknown man at the Epako township of Gobabis on Wednesday night.According to yesterday’s Police crime bulletin, the man then attacked a third woman, Veronica Skrywer.All three women suffered serious injuries.Regina Karuumba (70) was stabbed in the chest, while the first victim, Victoria Glaser (47) was beaten and stabbed in the back.attacker still at large.* Lazarus Nanub (39) hanged himself with his belt in his bedroom on Friday.His body was found in Klein Willem Street, Goreangab township in Windhoek.* Also on Friday, a 20-year-old student, Francois Kandjou, was found hanging from a tree in the bush near Okakarara.No suicide note was found, but no foul play is suspected.According to Warrant Officer Timothy Haikonda, the suspect was arrested.”The matter is still investigated,” Haikonda said yesterday. Stock theft at Rehoboth * Three young men attacked 55-year-old David Paulus in the Rehoboth area while he was herding sheep and goats, hacked him with a panga and tied him up with his own shoelaces.They stole four sheep and one goat from his herd.They were arrested while slaughtering the five animals in a nearby riverbed.The robbery took place on Tuesday last week.The suspects appeared in the Rehoboth court on Friday and investigations continue.* A 34-year-old woman appeared in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday on a charge of stealing seven clothes irons at the Vineta branch of Woermann Brock.The irons are valued at N$1 059.Hendrina Ashikoto was arrested on Wednesday around 13h00. Smuggled 184,5 kg of dagga A Namibian truck driver, Victus Makono (43), was arrested at the Trans-Kalahari border post at Buitepos last Thursday at 23h00 and 184,58 kg of dagga worth N$553 761 was allegedly found on him.Makono was travelling from South Africa through Botswana to Namibia.He appeared in the Gobabis Magistrate’s Court on Friday and was granted bail of N$10 000.The case was postponed to June 27 of this year Three women stabbed A 70-year-old woman and a 47-year-old woman were stabbed by an unknown man at the Epako township of Gobabis on Wednesday night.According to yesterday’s Police crime bulletin, the man then attacked a third woman, Veronica Skrywer.All three women suffered serious injuries.Regina Karuumba (70) was stabbed in the chest, while the first victim, Victoria Glaser (47) was beaten and stabbed in the back. attacker still at large.* Lazarus Nanub (39) hanged himself with his belt in his bedroom on Friday.His body was found in Klein Willem Street, Goreangab township in Windhoek.* Also on Friday, a 20-year-old student, Francois Kandjou, was found hanging from a tree in the bush near Okakarara.No suicide note was found, but no foul play is suspected.