Boy, 10, suffocates toddler
A 10-year-old boy allegedly suffocated a four-year-old boy to death by pouring sand into his mouth at Ashipepa village in the Onghumbula area on Wednesday.
The police at Onayena in the Oshikoto Region opened a murder docket.
Deputy Commissioner Naomi Katjiua confirmed this in a crime report yesterday.
The deceased has been identified as Samuel Kasheeta, while the identity of the suspect is withheld, as he is a minor.
According to Katjiua, the incident took place at about 17:00 when the two children were left unsupervised at Kasheeta's homestead. The suspect is a neighbour.
“It is alleged the deceased and suspect were left together without supervision in the house and while playing, the suspect poured sand into the deceased's mouth and he suffocated,” Katjiua stated.
Katjiua said the docket would be submitted to prosecutor-general for a decision whether to prosecute or not.
The body of the deceased has been taken to the Onandjokwe Lutheran Hospital near Ondangwa for a post-mortem.
NAMPA
The police at Onayena in the Oshikoto Region opened a murder docket.
Deputy Commissioner Naomi Katjiua confirmed this in a crime report yesterday.
The deceased has been identified as Samuel Kasheeta, while the identity of the suspect is withheld, as he is a minor.
According to Katjiua, the incident took place at about 17:00 when the two children were left unsupervised at Kasheeta's homestead. The suspect is a neighbour.
“It is alleged the deceased and suspect were left together without supervision in the house and while playing, the suspect poured sand into the deceased's mouth and he suffocated,” Katjiua stated.
Katjiua said the docket would be submitted to prosecutor-general for a decision whether to prosecute or not.
The body of the deceased has been taken to the Onandjokwe Lutheran Hospital near Ondangwa for a post-mortem.
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