Four suicide cases were reported over the weekend countrywide.

According to the police crime report, a 26-year-old male allegedly hung himself in a tree at Plot Brakwater in Katutura.

The police said the deceased, whose name is withheld as his next of kin have not yet been informed, was discovered by a cattle herder who was working at the plot.

At Onamulunga Village in Oniipa Constituency, a 34-year-old male identified as Afomos Nalimanguluke allegedly committed suicide, and his lifeless body was found hanging with a rope around his neck in a thorn tree by a community member who was passing by.

According to the report, no suicide note was left behind, his next of kin have been informed, and no foul play is suspected.

Also at Onayena, in Ohashipepe Village in the Eengodi area, a 20-year-old female identified as Albeltina Kandjimwena died after she allegedly committed suicide.

The deceased went missing from home the previous day and was found by her sister hanging from a tree with a rope around her neck. No suicide note was left behind.

Her family is informed, and no foul play is suspected, but investigations continue.

In a similar occurrence at Omainda Village in the Omuthiya area, a 38-year-old male allegedly committed suicide. His lifeless body was found hanging from a tree with a wire around his neck by cattle herders.

The next of kin are not informed, and the police are tracing the family.

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