Namibia: Toddler's Death Stain Police

31 January 2014
editorial

The nation is united in grief following the horrendous death of 4-year-old Fortuna Tenete whose life was brutally cut short allegedly at the hands of a pre-trial detainee.

The toddler died after he was allegedly savaged by an inmate who was involved in a quarrel with his mother, who at the time was in custody after she failed to pay N$500 bail for alleged shoplifting. It is sad that Fortuna Tenete died under the nose of the police who have been found wanting, because they simply failed in their duty to protect this highly vulnerable child. Fortuna Tenete did not commit any crime and did not deserve to die and more so in a prison cell, because the police are entrusted by the State to protect the lives of Namibian citizens and there should be no compromise on this obligatory function.

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