Woman arrested for alleged concealment of birth in Oshakati

Contributed by NAMPA.

OSHAKATI, 27 MAR (NAMPA) – A 21-year-old woman was arrested at Oshakati on Tuesday for alleged concealment of birth.
The Head of the Namibian Police Force’s Oshana Community Policing Sub-division, Chief Inspector Thomas Aiyambo, told Nampa the woman, who is employed as a domestic worker, reportedly gave birth to a baby boy on Monday.
Aiyambo said the newborn baby’s lifeless body was discovered by Oshakati municipality workers who were collecting refuse from the house where the woman is employed ...