Maria David
THE police in Ohangwena Region is yet to arrest a known suspect who allegedly raped a 6-year-old Angolan girl on Friday evening.
The incident, according to the police weekend report issued on Sunday, occurred at Oshuuli village in the Omundaungilo area.
“It is alleged that the suspect found the victim at the cucashop, where she was left in the care of the sales lady by her father, and he took her into the bushes and raped her,” said the police.
It is further alleged that when the father returned after a few minutes, the victim was not with the sales lady. He then called out for the victim, and she responded from the bushy area.
The father allegedly followed the victim’s footprints, and he found the victim in the bushes where the incident took place and, in the process, the suspect ran away when he heard the victim’s father calling her.
Police investigation continues.
