Child shot while playing with gun
A three-year-old girl was shot in the leg last Sunday in the Omusati Region when she and another child were playing with a firearm.
According to the police, the incident occurred at Oshifo village in the Ruacana Constituency.
It is alleged that the owner of the firearm failed to store it away safely.
The children played with the firearm and, in the process, a shot went off and the girl was injured in her left leg.
She was transported to the Outapi State Hospital. A case of negligent handling of a firearm is being investigated, but no arrests have been made.
In another incident, a three-year-old boy was discovered dead in a water pond last Friday at Eengwena village in Omungwelume, while last Sunday a baby girl was reported to have drowned in a bucket of water at Onamambulanga village in Onesi.
According to the police, the girl, who was a year and three months old, was left alone in the house while her parents were in the mahangu field. When they returned, they found that the baby, Kaheva Fernandu, had drowned.
In another incident, a 43-year-old woman was raped by a man whose age is unknown, last Friday in a shack in Swakopmund.
According to the police, the incident happened in the DRC location when the man took the woman from a house to his shack. He apparently pulled out an okapi knife and dragged the woman inside and raped her. The suspect has not been arrested.
In a separate incident, a 29-year-old man was arrested last Friday at a roadblock in Mariental after he was found in possession of 1 755 grams of pure cannabis and 20 mandrax tablets. The drugs are valued at N$19 950.
At Rehoboth, eight men were arrested for being in possession of mandrax and cannabis at different times and locations last Friday. The combined value of the drugs is over N$8 400.
Last Saturday at Henties Bay, a 38-year-old man and his 37-year-old girlfriend were arrested for dealing in 60 grams of cannabis valued at N$3 000.
Meanwhile, last Friday at Farm Kronenhof near Maltahöhe, three men were arrested for hunting two oryx valued at N$8 000. The men are aged between 40 and 57 and were hunting game without a permit. They were also found in possession of game meat without a permit. The carcasses were recovered.In another incident, three men were arrested at Farm Onduara near Kamanjab on allegations that they hunted and killed an oryx. The animal is valued at N$3 000 and meat was recovered from the suspects' homes. The men are aged between 17 and 64.
ELLANIE SMIT
According to the police, the incident occurred at Oshifo village in the Ruacana Constituency.
It is alleged that the owner of the firearm failed to store it away safely.
The children played with the firearm and, in the process, a shot went off and the girl was injured in her left leg.
She was transported to the Outapi State Hospital. A case of negligent handling of a firearm is being investigated, but no arrests have been made.
In another incident, a three-year-old boy was discovered dead in a water pond last Friday at Eengwena village in Omungwelume, while last Sunday a baby girl was reported to have drowned in a bucket of water at Onamambulanga village in Onesi.
According to the police, the girl, who was a year and three months old, was left alone in the house while her parents were in the mahangu field. When they returned, they found that the baby, Kaheva Fernandu, had drowned.
In another incident, a 43-year-old woman was raped by a man whose age is unknown, last Friday in a shack in Swakopmund.
According to the police, the incident happened in the DRC location when the man took the woman from a house to his shack. He apparently pulled out an okapi knife and dragged the woman inside and raped her. The suspect has not been arrested.
In a separate incident, a 29-year-old man was arrested last Friday at a roadblock in Mariental after he was found in possession of 1 755 grams of pure cannabis and 20 mandrax tablets. The drugs are valued at N$19 950.
At Rehoboth, eight men were arrested for being in possession of mandrax and cannabis at different times and locations last Friday. The combined value of the drugs is over N$8 400.
Last Saturday at Henties Bay, a 38-year-old man and his 37-year-old girlfriend were arrested for dealing in 60 grams of cannabis valued at N$3 000.
Meanwhile, last Friday at Farm Kronenhof near Maltahöhe, three men were arrested for hunting two oryx valued at N$8 000. The men are aged between 40 and 57 and were hunting game without a permit. They were also found in possession of game meat without a permit. The carcasses were recovered.In another incident, three men were arrested at Farm Onduara near Kamanjab on allegations that they hunted and killed an oryx. The animal is valued at N$3 000 and meat was recovered from the suspects' homes. The men are aged between 17 and 64.
ELLANIE SMIT
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