{"id":399175,"date":"2026-08-11T03:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=399175"},"modified":"2026-08-10T22:08:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T20:08:24","slug":"woman-instructs-relatives-to-go-to-church-then-commits-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=399175","title":{"rendered":"Woman instructs relatives to go to church, then commits suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AN elderly female resident of Okalondo village in the Otamanzi Constituency of the Omusati Region allegedly committed suicide after instructing members of her household to go to church on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the police, the 82-year-old woman woke up early and told members of her household to go to church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, when they returned at around 13:00, they found her lifeless body hanging from the roof inside her sleeping room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No suicide note was found.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter AN elderly female resident of Okalondo village in the Otamanzi Constituency of the Omusati Region allegedly committed suicide after instructing members of her household to go to church on Sunday morning. 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