Four police officers arrested for gender-based violence

Namibian police arrested four police officers accused of assaulting or threatened with assaulting them On Friday, a police officer was arrested and charged with assault after allegedly assaulting his wife at Club Indaba in Koes.

The same day, a police inspector was arrested and charged with assault. threatening. The agent reportedly threatened to kill his wife and expose him on social networks. He was arrested at the Roman Catholic Hospital.

On Saturday, a police officer reportedly assaulted his pregnant girlfriend. He was arrested at the nurses' home in Mariental State Hospital and charged with assault with intent to cause serious bodily harm to his 8-month-old pregnant girlfriend [19659005] The Windhoek police arrested the same day a warrant for arrest. He assaulted his friend and his daughter and threatened to kill them.

Six more cases of gender-based violence involving civilians were reported this weekend, police spokesman Edwin Kanguatjivi said. Perhaps he was suffering in silence but following last week's incident involving a policeman murdering his girlfriend and turning the gun on himself, there seems to be an awareness of reporting gender-based violence to the police. An indication that no one is above the law and even policemen can be arrested and charged. "