Police investigate two cases of rape
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A 49-year-old man was arrested and charged with the rape of a 16-year-old girl in Rosh Pinah, ||Karas Region on Wednesday afternoon.
The police reported that the girl had been offered a lift with the man to return to Noordoewer. The man allegedly drove the victim to his house, explaining that he was waiting for two more passengers to join them on the drive. The man then attacked and raped the teenager.
The accused is detained at Rosh Pinah police holding cells.
In another case, a 20-year-old woman was allegedly raped by an adult male in the Kavango West Region.
The rape took place on Tuesday night.
It is alleged that the suspect grabbed the victim, forced her into a secluded area, and raped her. He then forced her to walk to his homestead, where he raped her again.
The man, whose identity is known by the police, is in hiding and has not been arrested yet.
- Tuyeimo Haidula
The police reported that the girl had been offered a lift with the man to return to Noordoewer. The man allegedly drove the victim to his house, explaining that he was waiting for two more passengers to join them on the drive. The man then attacked and raped the teenager.
The accused is detained at Rosh Pinah police holding cells.
In another case, a 20-year-old woman was allegedly raped by an adult male in the Kavango West Region.
The rape took place on Tuesday night.
It is alleged that the suspect grabbed the victim, forced her into a secluded area, and raped her. He then forced her to walk to his homestead, where he raped her again.
The man, whose identity is known by the police, is in hiding and has not been arrested yet.
- Tuyeimo Haidula
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