Father rapes daughter, still on the run

A 20-year-old woman was allegedly raped by her father at the weekend, while she was visiting her grandmother in Khorixas.

According to the police the woman arrived from Windhoek on Friday to visit her grandmother. The incident took place on Saturday at around 01:00 at a house in the Khorixas location, while the woman was sleeping alone in one of the bedrooms.

Her father allegedly entered the room, started touching her and then forcefully removed her underwear and raped her. The woman informed her grandmother and the case was reported to the police. Her father fled and a search is underway.

In a separate incident on Sunday a 19-year-old woman was raped after a 29-year-old man broke into her house in Usakos.

According to the police, the woman was out drinking with her friends at a local shebeen in the Spitzkoppe area and a friend took her home to rest and locked the house.

The suspect broke a window opposite where the woman was sleeping, entered the house and raped her. When the owner of the house came home, he found the man raping the woman and a fight broke out. The neighbours alerted the police. Both the suspect and the victim were admitted to the Usakos state hospital. The suspect has been arrested.

In another incident a 19-year-old woman was raped at Old Smithfield farm in the Tsisabis area on Saturday night.

It is alleged the suspect took the woman, who was under the influence of alcohol, to his room where he raped her.





Both the victim and the suspect work at the farm, where they also reside. The suspect, whose age was not provided by the police, has been arrested.

Meanwhile, a security guard on shot a 17-year-old youth on Saturday at Single Quarters.

It is claimed that the youth is notorious for his violent behaviour and is a member of the Boko Haram gang.

The incident occurred on Saturday at about 20:30 at Okalindi Number 1.

The boy allegedly intended to rob someone who won money after playing a gambling machine and the guards were called for help.

The teen turned violent and attacked them. One of the guards fired two warning shots in the air, but the boy became more aggressive and moved towards him with a knife.

The guard then shot him in the right leg. The boy was taken to the Katutura hospital and is in a stable condition. The guard was not arrested, but his firearm was confiscated.

In another incident, five men overpowered and held a female security guard at gunpoint at Khomas High School on Saturday.

The suspects broke into five offices and stole valuable property, including smartphones that were confiscated from learners, a flat screen TV, five printers, computers, laptops and N$7 600 in cash.

Substantial damage was also caused in the process. An estimate of the losses are still to be determined. No arrest or recovery has been made yet.

In Rundu at Kayengona village, a body was discovered floating on the river by members of the public on Saturday.

It is suspected that the unknown man was stabbed with a sharp object on the right side of the chest. He died instantly and his body was then thrown into the Kavango River.

Also on Friday, an Angolan national was arrested after he failed to declare money at customs and exercise, when he entered Namibia. He crossed the Oshikango border on Friday and was found in possession of N$374 000, £710, five euro and US$10.







ELLANIE SMIT