{"id":369419,"date":"2025-01-31T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=369419"},"modified":"2025-01-30T16:55:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T14:55:41","slug":"man-arrested-in-omusati-for-the-alleged-rape-of-a-minor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=369419","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested in Omusati for the alleged rape of a minor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 43-year-old male suspect has been arrested in the Omusati Region accused of having raped a 10-year-old girl on an unknown date during December last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The alleged crime occurred in the Oshikushashipya village in the Etayi constituency of the Omusati region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The police said that the suspect, who stays in the same house with the victim, raped her after forcefully pulling her in his bedroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident was only recently reported to the police by the victim&#8217;s father, an Angolan national currently staying in the Omugulugombashe village near Tsandi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Explaining the reoccurring belated reporting of rape cases, regional police commander Ismael Basson said: &#8220;In most cases, particularly where minors are involved, these cases are only reported after the parents\/guardians observe that something is not right [with the child],&#8221; said Basson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter A 43-year-old male suspect has been arrested in the Omusati Region accused of having raped a 10-year-old girl on an unknown date during December last year. The alleged crime occurred in the Oshikushashipya village in the Etayi constituency of the Omusati region. 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