RUNDU – A 19-year-old woman who allegedly stabbed and killed her one-month-old baby and then tried to commit suicide was arrested immediately after she was discharged from the Andara Mission Hospital.
When she appeared in court on June 26 she was not asked to plead, and Acting Rundu Magistrate Aldelheid Simbwaye postponed her case to August 4. The incident took place at Kayanga village, some 200 km east of Rundu.After the woman and her mother had an argument, she allegedly left the house with her baby and went into the bush, where she allegedly stabbed him with a knife.The woman then stabbed herself with the same knife in the abdomen.She has been charged with murder.NampaThe incident took place at Kayanga village, some 200 km east of Rundu.After the woman and her mother had an argument, she allegedly left the house with her baby and went into the bush, where she allegedly stabbed him with a knife.The woman then stabbed herself with the same knife in the abdomen.She has been charged with murder.Nampa
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