A 53-year-old woman was killed, allegedly by her 25-year-old son, in Kavango West’s Ekuli village in the Tondoro Constituency on Sunday.
The Namibian Police Force in the region in their daily crime report on Monday revealed that the deceased was identified as Likuwa Anastasia Tjangano.
The incident occurred around 19h30 on Sunday.
According to the police, the suspect hit his biological mother with a hoe on the head, causing her death, instantly.
Her next of kin are informed.
The suspect has been arrested and police investigations into the matter continue.