Maria David A 31-YEAR-OLD woman is currently receiving treatment at Oshakati Hospital after she was brutally attacked with a knife and a panga by her 32-year-old boyfriend in Omusheshe village. Oshana Regional Commander Commissioner Naftal Lungameni Sakaria said the incident occurred on Saturday. “It is alleged that the victim was at home sleeping when the...
Police in India have arrested two people after some international students were assaulted in a university hostel while offering Ramadan prayers. Officials say a heated argument about the location of the prayers led to the physical attack in Gujarat University in western India on Saturday. Police sources said five students were treated for injuries. India’s...
A long-time ally of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been attacked outside his home in Lithuania. Leonid Volkov was assaulted with a hammer and tear gas while in his car in Vilnius on Tuesday night, Navalny spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said. The alleged assailant is unknown, as is their motive. Lithuanian police have...
The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) in the Kavango East Region on Tuesday reported another case of a crocodile attack, this time of a child killed by the reptile. NamPol acting regional commander in the region, Deputy Commissioner Eino Nambahu told Nampa that on Sunday, 14-year-old Edward Mwambu Katjire was attacked and killed by a crocodile....
One hundred days ago, the previously unthinkable happened in Israel. A state born out of adversity and war only 75 years ago, woke up to what some have since described as a threat to its very existence. On Saturday night in Tel Aviv, the events of 7 October were commemorated by thousands of people. Uppermost...
The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism has sent out officials to search for the body of a nine-year-old Namibian child who was snatched by a crocodile on the Angolan side of the Okavango River on Friday morning. The ministry’s spokesperson, Romeo Muyunda, confirmed that the incident happened near N’Kwazi Lodge about 20 kilometres east...
RUNDU: A 48-year-old fisherman was attacked by a hippo at Marema village in the Kavango West Region on Thursday. This was revealed by the Namibian Police Force in the region in the daily crime report issued Friday. It is alleged that the fisherman, identified as Hausiku Japhet Haruwodi, was out fishing in his canoe when...
Namibia’s mission in South Africa has confirmed that a Namibian who was attacked in Johannesburg on Wednesday night has been admitted to the Windhoek Central Hospital. We would like to warn that the visuals contained in this insert might be offensive to sensitive viewers. A video of a Namibian national who was allegedly attacked and...