{"id":396525,"date":"2026-06-22T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=396525"},"modified":"2026-06-21T20:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T18:08:09","slug":"omusati-police-still-hunting-suspect-in-okapya-rape-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=396525","title":{"rendered":"Omusati police still hunting suspect in Okapya rape case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE Namibian police in the Omusati Region have not yet apprehended the suspect who allegedly raped a 19-year-old girl in Okapya village, Oshikuku Constituency, on the evening of 11 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to police, the suspect grabbed the victim, pulled her behind an anthill and raped her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regional Police Commander, Commissioner Ismael Basson, said that the suspect is known to the victim but had not been arrested by this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter THE Namibian police in the Omusati Region have not yet apprehended the suspect who allegedly raped a 19-year-old girl in Okapya village, Oshikuku Constituency, on the evening of 11 June. According to police, the suspect grabbed the victim, pulled her behind an anthill and raped her. 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