Playing with fire ends in tragedy
Two children, aged four and five, burned to death in the Omusati Region on Saturday after they set their shack on fire.
The incident happened at Okafitu Kalyokotsandi village in the Tsandi constituency at around 16:00.
According to the police report, Klaudia Matias (5) and Nestory Sheetheni Wilbard (4) were left home alone when their parents went to a funeral in the same village.
It is alleged that the children were playing with fire. Apparently they set alight a traditional basket in the homestead and went to hide in the shack. The fire spread to the shack and they were trapped inside.
At Mariental in the Hardap Region, the body of Gavin Barman (23) was discovered at the Hardap irrigation scheme on Saturday morning.
It is alleged that Barman had fallen into the canal while walking to work and drowned.
When he didn't turn up at work and didn't answer his mobile phone, people followed his tracks and found his sandals and hat floating in the canal.
His body was recovered from the water. No foul play is suspected.
In the Khomas Region the police are investigating a case of attempted murder after a shooting at a bar. A 20-year-old man was wounded at the Weekend Bar in Katutura's Damara Location on Saturday night.
According to the police the suspect entered the bar with a pistol in his hand and started shooting at someone else. A bullet hit the victim in the abdomen.
The victim was rushed to Katutura State Hospital and is reported to be in a stable condition.
The suspect also had to be rushed to hospital after some people at the bar attacked him. The suspect escaped from the hospital and the police are still after him.
In the Erongo Region, a 19-year-old woman was gang-raped at Uis last Saturday night.
The complainant filed charges against three suspects, aged 17 and 18. The three were arrested and appeared before the Omaruru Magistrate's Court yesterday.
The complainant was allegedly under the influence of alcohol when the incident happened. After hearing from her friends what had happened, she reported the matter to the police and was taken to hospital for a medical examination.
KENYA KAMBOWE
The incident happened at Okafitu Kalyokotsandi village in the Tsandi constituency at around 16:00.
According to the police report, Klaudia Matias (5) and Nestory Sheetheni Wilbard (4) were left home alone when their parents went to a funeral in the same village.
It is alleged that the children were playing with fire. Apparently they set alight a traditional basket in the homestead and went to hide in the shack. The fire spread to the shack and they were trapped inside.
At Mariental in the Hardap Region, the body of Gavin Barman (23) was discovered at the Hardap irrigation scheme on Saturday morning.
It is alleged that Barman had fallen into the canal while walking to work and drowned.
When he didn't turn up at work and didn't answer his mobile phone, people followed his tracks and found his sandals and hat floating in the canal.
His body was recovered from the water. No foul play is suspected.
In the Khomas Region the police are investigating a case of attempted murder after a shooting at a bar. A 20-year-old man was wounded at the Weekend Bar in Katutura's Damara Location on Saturday night.
According to the police the suspect entered the bar with a pistol in his hand and started shooting at someone else. A bullet hit the victim in the abdomen.
The victim was rushed to Katutura State Hospital and is reported to be in a stable condition.
The suspect also had to be rushed to hospital after some people at the bar attacked him. The suspect escaped from the hospital and the police are still after him.
In the Erongo Region, a 19-year-old woman was gang-raped at Uis last Saturday night.
The complainant filed charges against three suspects, aged 17 and 18. The three were arrested and appeared before the Omaruru Magistrate's Court yesterday.
The complainant was allegedly under the influence of alcohol when the incident happened. After hearing from her friends what had happened, she reported the matter to the police and was taken to hospital for a medical examination.
KENYA KAMBOWE
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