Teenage girl allegedly raped in Mariental

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2025-04-14

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MARIENTAL, 14 APR (NAMPA) – A 17-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 29-year-old man at Mariental in the Hardap Region around 02h00 on Saturday.
The suspect is in police custody and will appear in the Mariental Magistrate’s Court on Monday, the Namibian Police Force said in the regional crime report availed to Nampa on Sunday.
It is further alleged that the girl’s mother sent her to collect N.dollars 20 from someone at a house across the stree...

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