Boy 5, allegedly kills toddler
Five cases of attempted murder, six of murder and two armed robberies were reported to the police over the weekend.
The Namibian police are investigating claims that a five-year-old boy used sticks from a mopane tree to beat to death a two-year-old girl near Outapi on Friday afternoon.
It is alleged that the boy hit the toddler all over her body until she died.
The incident took place at 14:00 at Oipandahangano village near Outapi.
The police said a post-mortem would be conducted to establish the cause of death.
In an overall bloody weekend, the police opened at least five cases of attempted murder, six murder cases and two robbery cases, many of them related to alcohol abuse.
A case of murder and attempted murder was opened at Otjiwarongo after an argument broke out at a shebeen in the afternoon.
The victim was hit over the head with an empty beer bottle and a broken glass was used to stab him in the chest.
In the early hours of Saturday, an elderly man was stabbed in the chest by a 23-year-old suspect in a quarrel over taxi fare.
A case of attempted murder was opened at Okahandja after a man was stabbed at a bar near a taxi rank. Police say they are still investigating the motive for the stabbing.
In one case, a 27-year-old woman told police she was raped after being robbed by the man who assaulted her.
The incident took place at around 20:00 on Saturday night in Mondesa, Swakopmund. The man threatened her with a knife to force her to hand over her belongings, including a Nokia cellphone and N$41 in cash.
He then ordered her to a dark space, stabbed her in the shoulder and raped her. No arrests have been made yet but the investigation continues.
The police are also investigating a murder case after a group of schoolchildren on Friday discovered the body of a newborn baby in a plastic bag dumped behind a block of flats at Onayena. No arrest has been made.
An office belonging to Shilimela Security Services in Katutura was robbed on Friday. Four armed robbers held two security guards at gunpoint while they carried items from the office to a getaway vehicle.
The men stole two boxes containing N$67 251 and the key to a Nissan vehicle owned by Shilimela. They fled in a white Toyota Passo car.
An operation conducted by the police's protected resources division on Friday led to the arrest of a man in possession of a leopard skin estimated to be worth N$50 000.
The operation took place during lunch hour at Windhoek's Wernhil Park shopping centre, where the 40-year-old man was busted and charged with possession of a controlled wildlife product.
JANA-MARI SMITH
It is alleged that the boy hit the toddler all over her body until she died.
The incident took place at 14:00 at Oipandahangano village near Outapi.
The police said a post-mortem would be conducted to establish the cause of death.
In an overall bloody weekend, the police opened at least five cases of attempted murder, six murder cases and two robbery cases, many of them related to alcohol abuse.
A case of murder and attempted murder was opened at Otjiwarongo after an argument broke out at a shebeen in the afternoon.
The victim was hit over the head with an empty beer bottle and a broken glass was used to stab him in the chest.
In the early hours of Saturday, an elderly man was stabbed in the chest by a 23-year-old suspect in a quarrel over taxi fare.
A case of attempted murder was opened at Okahandja after a man was stabbed at a bar near a taxi rank. Police say they are still investigating the motive for the stabbing.
In one case, a 27-year-old woman told police she was raped after being robbed by the man who assaulted her.
The incident took place at around 20:00 on Saturday night in Mondesa, Swakopmund. The man threatened her with a knife to force her to hand over her belongings, including a Nokia cellphone and N$41 in cash.
He then ordered her to a dark space, stabbed her in the shoulder and raped her. No arrests have been made yet but the investigation continues.
The police are also investigating a murder case after a group of schoolchildren on Friday discovered the body of a newborn baby in a plastic bag dumped behind a block of flats at Onayena. No arrest has been made.
An office belonging to Shilimela Security Services in Katutura was robbed on Friday. Four armed robbers held two security guards at gunpoint while they carried items from the office to a getaway vehicle.
The men stole two boxes containing N$67 251 and the key to a Nissan vehicle owned by Shilimela. They fled in a white Toyota Passo car.
An operation conducted by the police's protected resources division on Friday led to the arrest of a man in possession of a leopard skin estimated to be worth N$50 000.
The operation took place during lunch hour at Windhoek's Wernhil Park shopping centre, where the 40-year-old man was busted and charged with possession of a controlled wildlife product.
JANA-MARI SMITH
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