A 13-year-old boy from a farm in the Omusati Region was nearly killed on Thursday when his father’s anger over a missing garden tool allegedly led to his being shot with a bow and arrow.
Nasheya Ndeshimona was rushed to hospital that morning, after allegedly being struck in the ribs by an arrow shot by his 63-year-old father. Police report that the man was angry over a hoe that had gone missing from his homestead.He has been arrested, and made his first appearance in the Okahao Magistrate’s Court on Friday.He was charged with attempted murder.The boy’s condition is reported to be stable.* A 28-year-old man from Outapi was arrested yesterday morning, after he apparently raped a 20-year-old woman at a village there late on Sunday night.It is reported that the woman was allegedly assaulted with a stick and pulled into the suspect’s house before he raped her.The suspect made his first appearance in the Outapi Magistrate’s Court yesterday.* At Gibeon in the Hardap Region, a 47-year-old woman was reportedly raped by a 35-year-old man at around midnight on Thursday.Police report that the man was angry over a hoe that had gone missing from his homestead.He has been arrested, and made his first appearance in the Okahao Magistrate’s Court on Friday.He was charged with attempted murder.The boy’s condition is reported to be stable.* A 28-year-old man from Outapi was arrested yesterday morning, after he apparently raped a 20-year-old woman at a village there late on Sunday night.It is reported that the woman was allegedly assaulted with a stick and pulled into the suspect’s house before he raped her.The suspect made his first appearance in the Outapi Magistrate’s Court yesterday.* At Gibeon in the Hardap Region, a 47-year-old woman was reportedly raped by a 35-year-old man at around midnight on Thursday.
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