Three rapes reported at Grootfontein

A 75-year-old Grootfontein man has been arrested in connection with the rape of a four-year-old girl on Friday afternoon, the Police reported yesterday.

It is alleged that the elderly man fetched the girl from where she was playing, locked her in his room and raped her. * On the same day, a 46-year-old woman was raped at her plot, some six kilometres outside Grootfontein.Police report that the victim was also robbed of a cellphone and N$130 in cash.The suspect has not yet been arrested.* Also at Grootfontein, a 53-year-old man is accused of raping a woman (33) on Wednesday night just a kilometre from the Grootfontein-Otavi road.It is alleged that the suspect gave the woman a lift before raping her and fleeing the scene.He was arrested the same night.* At Omaruru, Ronald Gamoab (39) hanged himself on Thursday morning.* An Angolan national, Gabeil Justino (65) was burnt to death when a house he was sleeping in at Walvis Bay caught fire on Friday evening.* On the same day, a 46-year-old woman was raped at her plot, some six kilometres outside Grootfontein.Police report that the victim was also robbed of a cellphone and N$130 in cash.The suspect has not yet been arrested.* Also at Grootfontein, a 53-year-old man is accused of raping a woman (33) on Wednesday night just a kilometre from the Grootfontein-Otavi road.It is alleged that the suspect gave the woman a lift before raping her and fleeing the scene.He was arrested the same night.* At Omaruru, Ronald Gamoab (39) hanged himself on Thursday morning.* An Angolan national, Gabeil Justino (65) was burnt to death when a house he was sleeping in at Walvis Bay caught fire on Friday evening.