A 17-year-old boy succumbed to his injuries at the Okahandja State Hospital this morning after he was allegedly stabbed in the neck with a sharp object.

Henry Kock was allegedly found by a passerby on Vekarapi Street in the town in the early morning hours of today.

Preliminary police investigations indicate that Kock was still alive when he was found and was taken to the Okahandja State Hospital, where he died later.

The motive that led to the incident is still unknown to the police, and no arrest has been made so far.