Girl drowns in swamp in Linyanti A five-year-old girl from the Linyanti area in the Zambezi Region drowned in a swamp on Sunday afternoon while swimming with friends.According to a Namibian Police Force report issued on Monday, Teresia Chulo drowned at about 15:30.
It said the children she was swimming with called for help when they realised their friend is drowning. She was rescued alive but died later at a nearby clinic.
Her next of kin were informed.
In a separate incident, a 43-year-old man from the Oshikondeilongo village in the Oshikoto Region will appear in the Ondangwa Magistrate's Court this week for allegedly firing shots at and assaulting his wife during a heated argument on Sunday.
Fortunately, all four shots missed the wife.
It is alleged the couple were at home when a quarrel erupted around 10:00. The man then allegedly took a walking stick and assaulted his wife before the neighbours came to her rescue.
NamPol confiscated his firearm upon his arrest that day.
The 34-year-old victim was taken to the Okatope Clinic, from which she was later transferred to the Onandjokwe Hospital for further treatment. She was discharged the same day.
NAMPA