Girl, 10, raped at Ongwediva

A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped at Ongwediva on Thursday. Namibian police spokesperson Warrant Officer Immanuel Lazarus says a 25-year-old suspect has been arrested.The incident occurred at the victim's home at Ongwediva. The police suspect that it was the second time the victim was sexually assaulted by the same man. The first incident is thought to have occurred in June 2015. Police investigations continue. In another incident, a 30-year-old man allegedly raped a 23-year-old woman at Bethanie at around 02:00 on Wednesday. The suspect has been arrested. Another rape was reported at Gibeon, where a 65-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a male relative of unknown age on Friday at around 18:00. The incident occurred in a riverbed near the Gibeon Clinic. The suspect has not yet been arrested.In Windhoek, a 20-year-old woman died after she was stabbed in the early hours of Sunday. The incident occurred in Ombili in Katutura at around 02:00. Shapulina Shaduka had apparently been walking with her boyfriend and friends when two men approached them. The men are said to have taken Shaduka's boyfriend's cap. When they tried to get the cap back, one of the men pulled out a knife and stabbed Shaduka in the neck. The suspects fled and are still at large. Police investigations continue. In another incident in Windhoek, 34-year-old Brendlime Kamutuua Hovaka died on Saturday at around 23:00 after he was stabbed in the chest.Hovaka was in the company of others at a shebeen in Abraham Mashego Street when he got involved in an argument with the suspect in the matter. “While arguing, the suspect pulled out a knife and stabbed the deceased,” said Lazarus.Hovaka died in the Katutura State Hospital. The suspect was arrested. A 45-year-old man was arrested at Okahandja on Sunday in connection with a murder.Detective Chief Inspector Naukalemo Andreas of the police in the Otjozondjupa Region said 31-year-old Joshua Benjamin Simeon was shot in the head at a shebeen around 23:45 Saturday night.It is alleged that Simeon was shot by the owner of the business, who was angry because Simeon would not stop fighting.A pistol believed to have been used in the shooting was confiscated. The suspect was expected to appear in the Okahandja Magistrate's Court yesterday.NAMPA

Girl, 10, raped at Ongwediva

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Namibian Sun 2025-11-05

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Girl, 10, raped at Ongwediva

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