Staff Reporter
CHAOS broke out at the Katutura state hospital last week Friday after a patient assaulted two on-duty nurses before taking his own life.
According to the Namibian police weekend crime report, the incident happened on 8 May at about 00:30.
It is alleged that Jason Tuhafeni, 25, attacked two female nurses and afterwards tied a hoody jacket’s lace similar to a shoelace around his neck and committed suicide by hanging himself on a door at Ward 6.
The reasons for the suicide are not known and no suicide note was found.
Another three suicides were also recorded countrywide over the weekend.
Yesterday, 10 May at around 15:20 at Block B in Rehoboth, it is alleged that Reme Dorette Mouton, 30, overdosed on tablets.
An ambulance was called to the scene, but she died before she could be taken to the hospital.
In another suicide, on Monday, 11 May at about 00:00 at Okafitukakahala village in the Omusati Region, it is alleged that Heita Nestor Aipinge, 66, shot himself with a firearm in the chest and died on the spot.
No suicide note found.
Another suicide was also reported in the Omusati Region on Sunday at about 08:18 at Onkwishi village when Asino Junias Amunyela, 47, hung himself with a rope in his bedroom.
