{"id":373958,"date":"2025-04-28T18:19:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T16:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=373958"},"modified":"2025-04-28T18:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T16:55:09","slug":"police-detains-and-question-three-in-okahandja-serial-murders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=373958","title":{"rendered":"Police detains and question three in Okahandja serial murders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maria David<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THREE individuals have been detained for questioning in connection with the tragic murders of children in Okahandja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While these individuals are currently considered people of interest and are assisting with the investigation, NamPol spokesperson Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi emphasized that no arrests have been confirmed at this stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shikwambi urged members of the public to refrain from speculation and to allow the investigative team the necessary space and time to conduct their work effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The matter involves minors \u2014 six-year-old Rosalind Ndinelao Fabian, five-year-old Ingrid Maasdorp, both learners at KW von Marees Combined School, and a 15-year-old girl \u2014 who were murdered in Okahandja within the same month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maria David THREE individuals have been detained for questioning in connection with the tragic murders of children in Okahandja. While these individuals are currently considered people of interest and are assisting with the investigation, NamPol spokesperson Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi emphasized that no arrests have been confirmed at this stage. Shikwambi urged members of the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":373965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-373958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police detains and question three in Okahandja serial murders - Informant\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"THREE individuals have been detained for questioning in connection with the tragic murders of children in Okahandja.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=373958\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police detains and question three in Okahandja serial murders - 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