Housebreakings top crime reports

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Housebreaking cases topped police crime reports from December 31 to January 4. Rape cases were also prominent, including one victim with an intellectual disability.

Police reported seven suicides, with victims ranging from 25 to 60 years old.

Violent crimes dominate weekend report

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Violent crimes, including murders, armed robberies and attempted murders, dominated the country's weekend crime report. 

Police recorded 3 murders, including the killing of a 10-year-old girl in Epako, whose lifeless body was discovered wrapped in a bedsheet at Freedom Square.

WEEKEND CRIME REPORT

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Robberies, theft, murder, suicide, culpable homicide, and possession of harmful substances were crimes reported by the Police this past weekend.

Three deaths by suicide were recorded, the first being Mashadia Marques, a resident of Windhoek's Dorado Valley.

Several robberies recorded in Katutura

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The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) recorded four robberies in Windhoek’s Katutura residential area last week.

According to a NamPol crime report issued on Sunday, a 22-year-old female Chinese national was allegedly robbed at Single Quarters in Vicky Ipinge Street around 10h00 on Tuesday.