Weekend marked by crime and accidents
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A series of violent crimes, accidents, and other incidents were reported across Namibia over the weekend.
A series of violent crimes, accidents, and other incidents were reported across Namibia over the weekend.
The Namibian police are investigating three separate incidents of attempted murder reported over the weekend.
An 18-month-old baby girl was injured after she was thrown from a moving vehicle about 25 km outside Outjo, en route to Kalkfeld.
The Outjo Magistrates Court in the Kunene Region has remanded four men accused of stealing 31 cattle in the Outjo district last week.
The men are alleged to have operated an illegal slaughterhouse at Farm Mountbauten and Farm Bergvlei.
The 17-year-old suspect accused of murdering six family members has been remanded in police custody, with his case postponed to May 28.
The police clarified to the media that the suspect is not an 18-year-old man, as previously reported, but rather a minor who will turn 18 on April 18.
NAMDIA has dismissed claims that it intends to offer a reward to anyone who might have information leading to the successful recovery of the missing diamonds.
Diamonds worth over N$200 million remain missing following the violent robbery that rocked NAMDIA on January 18.
Chante Coetzee, a 38-year-old South African national, made her first court appearance in the Katima Mulilo Regional Court on Thursday, when her motor vehicle theft case was postponed to 16 April 2025.
A 20-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the alleged rape of an eight-year-old boy in Ongwediva.
A 31-year-old man succumbed to his injuries after he was struck with a wine bottle during an argument at a bar at Onathinge village in the Oshikoto Region on Sunday.
A 37-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping his nieces aged nine and seven at Amilema village in the Oshikoto Region’s Omuthiya Constituency.
A human head was found dumped at the railway line in Grootfontein yesterday.
Two 14-year-old boys discovered the head, which was wrapped in a black refuse bag, in an open space.