‘Greedy’ children’s mouths burnt

THE Police in the Ohangwena Region have arrested a 55-year-old woman at Onamafila village for allegedly burning her two grandchildren with coals because they ate a piece of chicken without her permission.

A Police spokesman, Constable Abner Iitumba, told The Namibian, that Ndateelela Lukas was cooking a chicken on Sunday afternoon and asked her granddaughters to keep an eye on the pot while she went to visit a neighbour. She apparently stayed away long and the children became hungry and ate a piece of the cooked chicken.When Ndateelela returned, she was angry and allegedly started beating the children.She then allegedly took burning coals from the cooking fire, burnt the children’s lips and forced the coals into their mouths.Iitumba said the children’s mouths were burnt severely inside and out and they were taken to the Okongo Hospital.Lukas appeared in the Eenhana Magistrate’s Court yesterday on a charge of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.She apparently stayed away long and the children became hungry and ate a piece of the cooked chicken.When Ndateelela returned, she was angry and allegedly started beating the children.She then allegedly took burning coals from the cooking fire, burnt the children’s lips and forced the coals into their mouths.Iitumba said the children’s mouths were burnt severely inside and out and they were taken to the Okongo Hospital.Lukas appeared in the Eenhana Magistrate’s Court yesterday on a charge of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.