{"id":398766,"date":"2026-08-03T13:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T11:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=398766"},"modified":"2026-08-03T13:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T11:59:11","slug":"omusati-manhunt-ends-with-the-arrest-of-murder-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=398766","title":{"rendered":"OMUSATI: Manhunt ends with the arrest of murder suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE 24-YEAR-OLD male suspect who had been on the run in the Omusati Region since last week after allegedly murdering his five-year-old daughter in Oshifo Village, Ruacana Constituency, has finally been traced and arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Regional Police Commander Ismael Basson, the suspect was found in Oshikuku on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The police said the murder was committed on Wednesday between 13:00 and 17:30, at a time when the suspect was alone with the girl at his residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is alleged that the suspect used an unknown object to stab the victim in the head and back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter THE 24-YEAR-OLD male suspect who had been on the run in the Omusati Region since last week after allegedly murdering his five-year-old daughter in Oshifo Village, Ruacana Constituency, has finally been traced and arrested. According to Regional Police Commander Ismael Basson, the suspect was found in Oshikuku on Sunday. 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