Staff Reporter
A CASE of attempted suicide was opened at Onayena after a man who was brought in for questioning attempted to kill himself by slitting his own throat.
According to the weekend crime bulletin, the incident happened on Friday, 25 March around 10:20 at the Onayena Police station in the Oshikoto Region.
It is alleged that a Namibian adult male came to the police station after he heard that the police were looking for him in connection with a case of assault by threatening which was opened against him by his girlfriend.
While the investigating officer was interviewing him in an office in the presence of three other police officers, the man requested to leave the office to make a call.
Outside the office, the man pulled a knife from his pocket, cut his throat and fell to the floor bleeding.
He was rushed to the Onayena Health Clinic for medical attention and was later transferred to the Onandjokwe Hospital in critical condition.
