{"id":388253,"date":"2026-01-13T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=388253"},"modified":"2026-01-12T20:42:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T18:42:29","slug":"man-arrested-at-swakopmund-after-stabbing-his-former-girlfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=388253","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested at Swakopmund after stabbing his former girlfriend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE Namibian police in Swakopmund have arrested a 27-year-old male suspect who allegedly stabbed his 26-year-old former girlfriend with a piece of broken bottle, inflicting an open wound on the left side of her head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident occurred in Tamariskia on Friday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The victim was admitted to the Swakopmund District Hospital in a stable condition and was discharged on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter THE Namibian police in Swakopmund have arrested a 27-year-old male suspect who allegedly stabbed his 26-year-old former girlfriend with a piece of broken bottle, inflicting an open wound on the left side of her head. 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