Goat massacre in the south
The Easter weekend was marred by numerous cases of violent crime around Namibia.
JANA-MARI SMITH
A case of stock theft has been opened against a 28-year-old man who allegedly stole 36 goats valued at N$36 000 at a farm near Keetmanshoop, herded them to a dumpsite and then slaughtered 31 of the goats.
The police said the suspect stole the livestock at Farm Ditsem on Saturday and drove them to the Keetmanshoop refuse site, where he killed most of them.
The police found 30 carcasses and five live goats at the dump. The suspect was to appear before the Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday. His name has not yet been made public.
Death and trauma
Yesterday, the police confirmed that the naked body of an unidentified woman had been found hanging from a tree in Katutura. Chief Inspector Kauna Shikwambi said the woman was discovered at around 07:00 behind a service station near the Katutura Single Quarters.
The woman’s death is being treated as suspicious, as police reportedly discovered a piece of clothing tied around her neck.
Shikwambi could only confirm yesterday afternoon that a post-mortem would be conducted to determine the cause of death.
On Thursday, a man fled after he had allegedly dragged a mentally disabled 17-year-old girl into a maize field and raped her. Police investigations at Nampengu village in the Zambezi Region continue.
In the Hardap Region, a 27-year-old man is on the run after he was accused of raping a woman who had refused to give him tobacco. Police are still in pursuit of the suspect, who reportedly lives at Zais Farm near Maltahöhe.
On Sunday, police arrested a 20-year-old man in the Omaheke Region after a 69-year-old woman alleged that the man had ambushed her and raped her on Friday while she was walking home. The man was scheduled to appear before the Gobabis Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Namibian Sun on Tuesday reported that a 29-year-old man had been arrested after he allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl he had lured to his house.
Four suspected suicides by hanging have been reported to the police since Friday, and none of the four men left suicide notes.
One suicide was reported in Wanaheda, and another at Oshakati. Both men hanged themselves in their shacks. The other two suicide victims were found hanging from trees, one near Katima Mulilo and the other at Onguma-Omulonga village in the Oshikoto Region.
Three pedestrians were killed while walking on the side of the road. Eight-year-old Aneli-Rejoice Namakumbu was on her way to school in the Oshikoto Region when she was hit by a Ford Ranger bakkie.
Police are investigating a hit-and-run incident near Katima Mulilo, where a man was killed by an unknown driver. The police have requested the driver to surrender to the police.
On Monday morning, a 21-year-old woman, Mpasi Monica Musova, died instantly after she was hit by a Range Rover travelling to Katima Mulilo. Police investigations continue.
Trouble in paradise
In the Kavango West Region, a 30-year-old suspect was arrested and charged with murder after he allegedly killed the mother of his one-month-old baby on a farm near Nkurenkuru on Saturday night.
It is alleged that the man, whose name has not been made public, killed Anna Johannes, 30, during an argument. It is alleged that the man fled with the baby but he was later arrested and the baby was left in the care of relatives.
In another case of domestic violence, Hausiku Maria Kapweru, 31, was allegedly strangled and killed by an unidentified 37-year-old suspect after a fight broke out around midnight at a shebeen near Nkurenkuru.
The man was arrested and police investigations continue.
Murderous fights and greed
A car crash near Okahandja led to the murder of 39-year-old Daniel Nghihalwa, after a quarrel broke out when two unidentified drivers crashed into each other. After the collision, the drivers, plus some family members, began to argue, and Nghihalwa was stabbed.
Two suspects, a 29-year-old and a 24-year-old, were arrested and charged with murder.
A 20-year-old woman is behind bars after she was arrested for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend, Carlos Garab, with a Okapi knife on Friday morning. She was charged with murder and is expected to make her first court appearance this week.
Police are searching for two suspects who staged an armed robbery at the Nurses Training Centre in Windhoek on Saturday, disarming six guards and forcing them to hand over N$35, six cellphones and a service radio.
On Sunday, three unidentified armed robbers overpowered a security guard and a female bartender, threatening them with a bolt cutter and pistols at a bar in Ongwediva. The men then allegedly removed two money boxes from gambling machines and stole N$4 000 cash from the bar. Police reported the estimated value of damage to property and stolen goods at N$104 000. No arrests have been made to date.
Today a man will make his first court appearance in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court after he was arrested yesterday in possession of 312 parcels of dagga. Police said the find was valued at more than N$10 000.
The suspect was also found in possession of a gambling machine and more than N$2 000 in cash.
A case of stock theft has been opened against a 28-year-old man who allegedly stole 36 goats valued at N$36 000 at a farm near Keetmanshoop, herded them to a dumpsite and then slaughtered 31 of the goats.
The police said the suspect stole the livestock at Farm Ditsem on Saturday and drove them to the Keetmanshoop refuse site, where he killed most of them.
The police found 30 carcasses and five live goats at the dump. The suspect was to appear before the Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday. His name has not yet been made public.
Death and trauma
Yesterday, the police confirmed that the naked body of an unidentified woman had been found hanging from a tree in Katutura. Chief Inspector Kauna Shikwambi said the woman was discovered at around 07:00 behind a service station near the Katutura Single Quarters.
The woman’s death is being treated as suspicious, as police reportedly discovered a piece of clothing tied around her neck.
Shikwambi could only confirm yesterday afternoon that a post-mortem would be conducted to determine the cause of death.
On Thursday, a man fled after he had allegedly dragged a mentally disabled 17-year-old girl into a maize field and raped her. Police investigations at Nampengu village in the Zambezi Region continue.
In the Hardap Region, a 27-year-old man is on the run after he was accused of raping a woman who had refused to give him tobacco. Police are still in pursuit of the suspect, who reportedly lives at Zais Farm near Maltahöhe.
On Sunday, police arrested a 20-year-old man in the Omaheke Region after a 69-year-old woman alleged that the man had ambushed her and raped her on Friday while she was walking home. The man was scheduled to appear before the Gobabis Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Namibian Sun on Tuesday reported that a 29-year-old man had been arrested after he allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl he had lured to his house.
Four suspected suicides by hanging have been reported to the police since Friday, and none of the four men left suicide notes.
One suicide was reported in Wanaheda, and another at Oshakati. Both men hanged themselves in their shacks. The other two suicide victims were found hanging from trees, one near Katima Mulilo and the other at Onguma-Omulonga village in the Oshikoto Region.
Three pedestrians were killed while walking on the side of the road. Eight-year-old Aneli-Rejoice Namakumbu was on her way to school in the Oshikoto Region when she was hit by a Ford Ranger bakkie.
Police are investigating a hit-and-run incident near Katima Mulilo, where a man was killed by an unknown driver. The police have requested the driver to surrender to the police.
On Monday morning, a 21-year-old woman, Mpasi Monica Musova, died instantly after she was hit by a Range Rover travelling to Katima Mulilo. Police investigations continue.
Trouble in paradise
In the Kavango West Region, a 30-year-old suspect was arrested and charged with murder after he allegedly killed the mother of his one-month-old baby on a farm near Nkurenkuru on Saturday night.
It is alleged that the man, whose name has not been made public, killed Anna Johannes, 30, during an argument. It is alleged that the man fled with the baby but he was later arrested and the baby was left in the care of relatives.
In another case of domestic violence, Hausiku Maria Kapweru, 31, was allegedly strangled and killed by an unidentified 37-year-old suspect after a fight broke out around midnight at a shebeen near Nkurenkuru.
The man was arrested and police investigations continue.
Murderous fights and greed
A car crash near Okahandja led to the murder of 39-year-old Daniel Nghihalwa, after a quarrel broke out when two unidentified drivers crashed into each other. After the collision, the drivers, plus some family members, began to argue, and Nghihalwa was stabbed.
Two suspects, a 29-year-old and a 24-year-old, were arrested and charged with murder.
A 20-year-old woman is behind bars after she was arrested for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend, Carlos Garab, with a Okapi knife on Friday morning. She was charged with murder and is expected to make her first court appearance this week.
Police are searching for two suspects who staged an armed robbery at the Nurses Training Centre in Windhoek on Saturday, disarming six guards and forcing them to hand over N$35, six cellphones and a service radio.
On Sunday, three unidentified armed robbers overpowered a security guard and a female bartender, threatening them with a bolt cutter and pistols at a bar in Ongwediva. The men then allegedly removed two money boxes from gambling machines and stole N$4 000 cash from the bar. Police reported the estimated value of damage to property and stolen goods at N$104 000. No arrests have been made to date.
Today a man will make his first court appearance in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court after he was arrested yesterday in possession of 312 parcels of dagga. Police said the find was valued at more than N$10 000.
The suspect was also found in possession of a gambling machine and more than N$2 000 in cash.
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