{"id":404087,"date":"2026-11-15T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=404087"},"modified":"2026-11-15T21:41:02","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T19:41:02","slug":"107-year-old-woman-commits-suicide-in-oshikoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=404087","title":{"rendered":"107-year-old woman commits suicide in Oshikoto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AN ELDERLY woman, aged 107, has committed suicide in the Oshikoto Region, becoming the oldest person to end her own life in Namibia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the police\u2019s weekend crime report, the body of the 107-year-old resident of Okakoko village in the Omuthiya policing area was discovered by a family member hanging from the roof of her sleeping room on Friday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to NamPol\u2019s official data, the oldest recorded suicide victim in Namibia was aged 103, and the incident was recorded during the 2023\/2024 financial year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter AN ELDERLY woman, aged 107, has committed suicide in the Oshikoto Region, becoming the oldest person to end her own life in Namibia. 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