Rape cases up

Rape cases up

SIX more rapes have been reported to the Police in the last two days, bringing the number of cases reported this week to fourteen.

On Monday at around 20h00, two boys aged 14 and 15 were arrested at a house in Otjiwarongo for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl. At Swakopmund, a 13-year-old girl was raped at around 20h00 on Saturday by an unknown man.The suspect is still at large.At Ruacana in the Omusati Region, Police have arrested 32-year-old Mwaala Shiimi.He allegedly raped a 13-year-old mentally disturbed girl on Sunday, before taking a bundle of clothes from the house where it happened and burning it in a mahangu field.Upon his arrest, Police allegedly found him in possession of a quantity of cannabis of undetermined value.He faces charges of rape, malicious damage to property and possession of cannabis.Police at Outapi have arrested a 22-year-old man after he allegedly twice raped an 11-year-old girl last Tuesday and Wednesday.A 27-year-old man appeared in court at Opuwo on Monday after allegedly raping a 27-year-old woman at a village near the town.At 02h00 on Monday morning, a 19-year-old girl was raped at Opuwo.The suspect has not yet been arrested.At Swakopmund, a 13-year-old girl was raped at around 20h00 on Saturday by an unknown man.The suspect is still at large.At Ruacana in the Omusati Region, Police have arrested 32-year-old Mwaala Shiimi.He allegedly raped a 13-year-old mentally disturbed girl on Sunday, before taking a bundle of clothes from the house where it happened and burning it in a mahangu field. Upon his arrest, Police allegedly found him in possession of a quantity of cannabis of undetermined value. He faces charges of rape, malicious damage to property and possession of cannabis.Police at Outapi have arrested a 22-year-old man after he allegedly twice raped an 11-year-old girl last Tuesday and Wednesday.A 27-year-old man appeared in court at Opuwo on Monday after allegedly raping a 27-year-old woman at a village near the town.At 02h00 on Monday morning, a 19-year-old girl was raped at Opuwo.The suspect has not yet been arrested.

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