Staff Reporter
INCIDENTS of drowning are multiplying in the northern regions, which are currently covered by rainwater and waves of floodwater from Namibia’s northern neighbour, Angola.
The latest incidents were reported in the Omusati Region, where an elderly resident of Ohambada village in the Outapi Constituency drowned in a water pond where he regularly fished.
According to the police, the lifeless body of 71-year-old Erastus Simeon was found floating in a water pond near his homestead on Friday morning.
The police said Simeon was often seen fishing in that particular pond using hooks. He was last seen alive on Thursday evening.
Another incident of drowning occurred in Olupito village in the Okalongo Constituency.
According to the police’s weekend crime report, the lifeless body of 23-year-old Peelo Iduwa Gabriel was discovered in a water pan at around 16:00 by a neighbour who was tending livestock. The deceased was last seen alive three hours earlier, around 13:00.
According to the police, Gabriel’s relatives revealed that he was an epilepsy psychosis patient.
