Omusati police regional commander Ismael Basson says a 17-year-old girl with an intellectual disability was raped on Friday.
The incident took place in the night after the suspect went into a room with the victim at Ruacana Constituency in the Omusati region.
“He had sexual intercourse with a victim who can’t give consent,” Basson says.
The suspect is known, and the arrest is to be made as police investigations continue.
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