Teen sodomised after drinking spree
A man was arrested at Tsumeb on Friday after he allegedly provided alcohol to a 14-year-old boy and then raped him.
Multiple rapes that include a case of sodomy, as well as several child drownings, were reported over the weekend.
According to the police, a 45-year-old man was arrested in Tsumeb last Friday, after he allegedly provided alcohol and tobacco to a 14-year-old boy and then raped him.
The victim told his father what had happened and was then taken to the Tsumeb State Hospital for a medical examination.
In another incident at Keetmanshoop on Sunday, a 27-year-old man allegedly raped a five-year-old toddler at a house in Westdene, while he was playing with her in the garage. The suspect is in custody.
In another incident in Okahandja on Saturday, a 25-year-old man was arrested after he forced a 28-year-old woman into the bushes opposite Shamu supermarket in Nau-Aib and allegedly raped her.
Also on Saturday, an unidentified man lured a 17-year-old girl into the bushes at Mariental, threatened her with a knife and allegedly instructed her to undress. When she, refused he stabbed her on her knee and under her foot. The girl managed to free herself and reported the incident. The suspect is yet to be arrested.
Also at the weekend, two toddlers drowned in a well at Onakatambilili village in Ondangwa on Friday.
The deceased are one-year-old Godfrey Babatunde Shimwele and two-year-old Brakias Nadhipite Soondaha Nanyemba. The circumstances surrounding their deaths are under investigation.
In a separate incident, a 12-year-old boy drowned on Friday in a riverbed behind Namib Mills in the Klein Windhoek area. It is alleged that Prince Shishiiveni Shimbundje jumped into the water for a swim and started experiencing difficulties, before drowning. He was in the company of five others pupils from Mandume Primary School in Katutura.
A drowning was also reported at Outapi on Friday at a lake near the Ondeka Combined School in Onaame village. It is alleged that nine-year-old Alweendo Martinus Kamakela drowned in the lake while trying to catch fish.
A 50-year-old man was also reported to have drowned at Okantonge village in the Onayena area on Saturday, and in Schlip the body of 36-year-old George Lazurus Gowaseb was found floating in the riverbed on Sunday. It is suspected that he drowned.
In a separate incident at Tutaleni in Walvis Bay, a 59-year-old man allegedly hacked his 44-year-old neighbour with a machete while they were arguing on Sunday afternoon.
The neighbour sustained multiple open wounds to his head, face and arms. The victim was taken to Walvis Bay State Hospital in a critical condition.
Meanwhile, two Chinese nationals were killed in an accident on the gravel road between Sesriem and Deadvlei.
The accident occurred last Friday at about 18:30 on the D 0827 gravel road, when the driver of a white Toyota Fortuner lost control of the vehicle and it overturned. The deceased are 29 and 33 years old and four other Chinese nationals sustained serious to slight injuries.
In another incident on Friday, five suspects were arrested for the illegal possession of wildlife products near Divundu.
According to the police the suspects aged between 28 and 45 were arrested after they were found in the possession of two elephant tusks. All the suspects are Namibian males.
ELLANIE SMIT
According to the police, a 45-year-old man was arrested in Tsumeb last Friday, after he allegedly provided alcohol and tobacco to a 14-year-old boy and then raped him.
The victim told his father what had happened and was then taken to the Tsumeb State Hospital for a medical examination.
In another incident at Keetmanshoop on Sunday, a 27-year-old man allegedly raped a five-year-old toddler at a house in Westdene, while he was playing with her in the garage. The suspect is in custody.
In another incident in Okahandja on Saturday, a 25-year-old man was arrested after he forced a 28-year-old woman into the bushes opposite Shamu supermarket in Nau-Aib and allegedly raped her.
Also on Saturday, an unidentified man lured a 17-year-old girl into the bushes at Mariental, threatened her with a knife and allegedly instructed her to undress. When she, refused he stabbed her on her knee and under her foot. The girl managed to free herself and reported the incident. The suspect is yet to be arrested.
Also at the weekend, two toddlers drowned in a well at Onakatambilili village in Ondangwa on Friday.
The deceased are one-year-old Godfrey Babatunde Shimwele and two-year-old Brakias Nadhipite Soondaha Nanyemba. The circumstances surrounding their deaths are under investigation.
In a separate incident, a 12-year-old boy drowned on Friday in a riverbed behind Namib Mills in the Klein Windhoek area. It is alleged that Prince Shishiiveni Shimbundje jumped into the water for a swim and started experiencing difficulties, before drowning. He was in the company of five others pupils from Mandume Primary School in Katutura.
A drowning was also reported at Outapi on Friday at a lake near the Ondeka Combined School in Onaame village. It is alleged that nine-year-old Alweendo Martinus Kamakela drowned in the lake while trying to catch fish.
A 50-year-old man was also reported to have drowned at Okantonge village in the Onayena area on Saturday, and in Schlip the body of 36-year-old George Lazurus Gowaseb was found floating in the riverbed on Sunday. It is suspected that he drowned.
In a separate incident at Tutaleni in Walvis Bay, a 59-year-old man allegedly hacked his 44-year-old neighbour with a machete while they were arguing on Sunday afternoon.
The neighbour sustained multiple open wounds to his head, face and arms. The victim was taken to Walvis Bay State Hospital in a critical condition.
Meanwhile, two Chinese nationals were killed in an accident on the gravel road between Sesriem and Deadvlei.
The accident occurred last Friday at about 18:30 on the D 0827 gravel road, when the driver of a white Toyota Fortuner lost control of the vehicle and it overturned. The deceased are 29 and 33 years old and four other Chinese nationals sustained serious to slight injuries.
In another incident on Friday, five suspects were arrested for the illegal possession of wildlife products near Divundu.
According to the police the suspects aged between 28 and 45 were arrested after they were found in the possession of two elephant tusks. All the suspects are Namibian males.
ELLANIE SMIT
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