Woman aged 101 commits suicide

The Oshana police have opened an inquest docket following the shocking report of a 101-year-old woman allegedly committing suicide in the region at the weekend. Warrant Officer Frieda Shikole-Ashiyana of the police's community affairs office in the region said in a media statement yesterday that the woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself with a rope in her traditional hut at Omeege village in the Oshakati East Constituency on Saturday. “Her lifeless body was discovered by a relative at around 19:00,” Shikole-Ashiyana said. She was identified as Mesitilde Iindongo and her next of kin have been informed. The police investigation continues. In an unrelated incident, 20-year-old Roni Leonard from Oshitayi village near Ondangwa died after he lost control of his Volkswagen Golf and it overturned on the Ondangwa-Oshikango main road, also on Saturday. “The accident occurred near Leonard's village and his body was transported to the Oshakati police mortuary,” Shikole-Ashiyana said. The next of kin are informed. Shikole-Ashiyana further said an Oshakati resident, 43-year-old Kornelius Kongolo, was admitted to the Oshakati Intermediate Hospital in a stable condition after an unknown suspect allegedly attacked and stabbed him in his lower back, his neck as well as his head on Sunday. This, Shikole-Ashiyana said, took place around 05:00 on the gravel road behind the open market at Ongwediva. “No arrest was made, as the suspect ran away from the scene,” Shikole-Ashiyana said, adding that a case of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm has been opened at the Ongwediva police station. - NampaMATHIAS NANGHANDA

Woman aged 101 commits suicide

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Namibian Sun 2026-04-08

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Woman aged 101 commits suicide

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