A senior police officer allegedly shot and killed his wife at Mariental before turning the gun on himself on Thursday. 

A 43-year-old man, Ndafelai Nghilifilwa, committed suicide by stabbing himself in the stomach and cutting his throat with a traditional knife (Omukonda) in his bedroom at Ononge village in the Nehale Lyampingana constituency in full view of his seven-month-pregnant wife.

A 43-year-old man, Ndafelai Nghilifilwa, committed suicide by stabbing himself in the stomach and cutting his throat with a traditional knife (Omukonda) in his bedroom at Ononge village in the Nehale Lyampingana Constituency in full view of his seven-month-pregnant wife.

The suspect in a double murder case at Farm Josephine in the Dordabis district of the |Khomas Region has committed suicide.

The Namibian Police traced the suspect in the farm killings, identified as 30-year-old Michael Simaneka Martin, to the Oshikweyo Village of Eheke in the Oshana Region.

More suicide incidents were recorded over the past Easter weekend countrywide compared to last year.

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.

What was meant to be a celebration of love turned into a horror story for two families after a would-be groom set to tie the knot this morning allegedly committed suicide in the early morning hours at Onakatambili village in Oshana region.

The founder of National Mental Health Care Namibia,Cathy Kambanda has encouraged employees to immediately report any inappropriate behaviour, such as bullying at work, to management.

Namibia has reported 790 suicides from January 2021 to July this year.

The statistics were revealed by the Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shangula, at the recent Speak Out-Seek Help Mental Health Awareness Music Festival.