Oshakati — The Ondangwa police have opened a case of attempted murder and assault through threatening against man who reportedly attacked his girlfriend’s 30-year-old lover at the town’s Uupopo location on Sunday. Confirming the incident, Head of the Namibian Police Force’s Oshana Community Policing Sub-division, Chief Inspector Thomas Aiyambo, said the victim allegedly received a...
Staff Reporter THE male suspect involved in a love triangle in Ondangwa, Oshana Region, no longer faces charges of attempted murder and assault through threats. It has been changed to assault through threats and illegal discharge of a firearm in a municipal area. This follows after police investigators gained more insight into the conflict that...
Staff Reporter TROUBLE was bound to happen when two boyfriends of the same girl arrived at her residence in Ondangwa at the same hour of the night on Sunday. Gunshots were fired, and threatening words were allegedly uttered, leading one of the two men to register a case of attempted murder and assault through threats...
Staff Reporter A QUARREL that erupted Saturday evening after a man paid a surprise visit to his girlfriend’s sleeping room culminated in an extremely violent attack against the 31-year-old woman and the arrest of the 32-year-old suspect. The incident happened around 22:00 in the Omusheshe village near Ongwediva in the Oshana Region. The police said...
Maria David THE police in the Erongo Region are looking into a case of attempted rape after a 17-year-old reportedly came dangerously close to being raped. Erongo Community Affairs Officer Warrant Anna Frans said the incident, which occurred last week Friday at a farm in the Uis area, was only recently reported to the police....
The charges against two Zambian men, who were arrested for assaulting a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex community near Walvis Bay last week, have been changed to attempted murder. Shabome Shiaimense (27) and Jonathan Kamfwa (40) appeared in the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Public prosecutor Victoria Shikesho told the...
Staff Reporter THE Namibian police at Walvis Bay are investigating a case of attempted murder after two Zambian truck drivers allegedly assaulted a transgender victim who is currently admitted to a Windhoek hospital. Nampol’s community affairs officer, Ileni Shapumba, confirmed the incident. He said that what was initially considered a case of assault was changed...
Three men, two of them repeat offenders, made a brief appearance before the Karibib Magistrate’s Court today in connection with stocktheft, attempted murder, and armed robbery. They were not asked to plead, and magistrate Donnevan Schuster postponed the matter to February next year. The men were arrested after they allegedly stole over one hundred and...