A Grade 7 learner at the Michelle McLean Primary School has told Namibian Sun a compelling story of how she struggled to get away from a man who tried to rape her on Monday morning.
The child, whose name cannot be mentioned, said she was late for school and her friends had left her behind, so she had to walk alone. The school is a 20-minute walk from her home.
Dreading the trouble she could get into for getting to school late, she took a shortcut through a bushy area in Otjomuise 2.
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