TWO young men, aged 18 and 19, were arrested at a village near Ondangwa last week after they allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl, the Police reported on Tuesday.
The suspects are accused of abducting the girl from the Olunkono Shopping Centre at Okapya village last Tuesday and raped her at an undisclosed location. They have both been charged with rape and abduction.* In the South, a 23-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a 16-year-old boy at Aus on Saturday.Police are searching for the suspect.* A 17-year-old boy appeared in the Ohangwena Magistrate’s Court on charges of attempted rape on Monday, after he allegedly tried to force a 16-year-old girl to have sex with him on Saturday night.The boy allegedly pulled the girl into the bushes at Omunyekadi village and undressed her, but had his plans thwarted when a car approached the scene.The boy apparently ran away, but was arrested on Sunday.* On Sunday night, a 20-year-old man was arrested at Ekoka village in the Ohangwena Region, after he allegedly raped a 20-year-old woman there.They have both been charged with rape and abduction.* In the South, a 23-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a 16-year-old boy at Aus on Saturday.Police are searching for the suspect.* A 17-year-old boy appeared in the Ohangwena Magistrate’s Court on charges of attempted rape on Monday, after he allegedly tried to force a 16-year-old girl to have sex with him on Saturday night.The boy allegedly pulled the girl into the bushes at Omunyekadi village and undressed her, but had his plans thwarted when a car approached the scene.The boy apparently ran away, but was arrested on Sunday.* On Sunday night, a 20-year-old man was arrested at Ekoka village in the Ohangwena Region, after he allegedly raped a 20-year-old woman there.
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