Namibia: Violence against women, children peaked in December

A police summary of reported violent crimes committed against women and children over the December period last year shows that a total of 27 women were raped countrywide, with an equal number of rapes of minors reported in the same period. The police indicated that primarily ex-boyfriends and a "few strangers" raped women. Relatives, on the other hand, were the main perpetrators in the rape cases involving children.