12 year old girl and woman raped over the weekend

It is alleged that on 12 November between 21:00 and 22:00 the victim, 47 years old, was raped by an unknown suspect in Uis location while she was on her way home from drinking places. The suspect allegedly pulled the victim to the riverbed near Sundowner Bar and raped her.

“It is alleged that the suspect pulled the victim to the riverbed near Sundowner Bar and had sexual intercourse with her without her consent. The victim thereafter lured (persuaded) the suspect to accompany her to her house No 226, Uis location thinking that her daughter is home to identify the suspect” explained Chief Inspector Erastus Iikuyu of the Namibian Police Force (NamPol) in Erongo region who confirmed the incident. It is further alleged that there was no one at home and the suspect raped the victim for the second time again. Iikuyu said according to the victim, she was very drunk at the time of the incident and she only reported the matter to the police the following morning around 09H00. No arrest was made the and investigation continues.
In another incident which took place at Otjimbingwe, an out of school twelve year old girl was raped by two suspects in October and November at Farm Aunschlusch, about 100 kilometres from Otjimbingwe. According to Iikuyu the acts are said to have taken place on two different occasions at the residence of the alleged culprits and it only came to light after the victim’s father noticed that the girl was not walking properly and he confronted her. The two suspects were due to appear in the Karibib Magistrate Court yesterday.