Man, 51, kills over woman

This weekend was marred by murders, armed robberies and rapes, which included two men in their 50s squabbling over the same woman which lead to the stabbing and death of one.

According to the police, a 51-year-old man was arrested on Saturday night after he stabbed a 50-year-old man in the chest.

Ndeumona Naukala died on the spot.

The incident occurred at Uufuleta cuca shop in the Oshipumbu village outside Ongwediva.

The suspect apparently believed the deceased was dating his girlfriend.

At Ongwediva in the Ondilinawa village a police sergeant was seriously injured by a 52-year-old suspect.

According to reports, the officer was hit on the head by the suspect when making the arrest.

The police say the suspect was being arrested on a murder and assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm charge which occurred at a cuca shop at Uufuleta, Oshipumbu-Shomugongo village.

He was arrested, but admitted at Oshakati State Hospital as he is reported to be cognitively disabled.

Two rapes were also reported over the weekend.

On Saturday at Okadhila near the Oshigambo area in the Oshikoto Region, it is alleged that a 19-year-old man sneaked into the bedroom of a 10-year-old girl while she was sleeping, and raped her.

The suspect and the victim are cousins who live in the same house. The suspect was arrested.

In Rehoboth at about 18:45 on Saturday at Block E a 45-year- old man was arrested for raping a 72-year-old cognitively disabled woman in the bush.

In a separate incident, a 72-year-old man was seriously injured when four armed men broke into his house in Windhoek.

According to the police, four suspects broke into a house in Ludwigsdworf on Saturday night.

They allegedly jumped over a fence and opened a sliding door and entered the house.

One of the suspects was armed with a pistol.

According to the police, the suspects beat the 72-year-old man and his son with iron objects on their heads.

The son managed to fire three warning shots and the burglars did not manage to steal anything, said the police.

No arrest is made yet and police investigations continue.

In another armed robbery incident on Saturday in Ludwigsdorf suspects entered a house and the owners were held at gunpoint.

The suspects stole a laptop, TV, cellphones, tablets and cash.

All stolen items are worth N$165 600.

Armed robbers also struck in the mountains behind Eros where video equipment to the value of N$400 000 was stolen.

It is alleged that two victims were attacked by six robbers while they were busy filming a music video for Endemic Productions.

The suspects were wearing balaclavas and were armed with knives. When the victims resisted co-operating, one male victim was beaten and hit with a large stone.

He suffered a fractured jaw. Yesterday, two suspects were arrested and all the stolen equipment was recovered. Investigations are ongoing.

Another robbery was also reported in Usakos on Saturday in which a 61-year-old woman was tied up by three suspects at her home and forced to provide her bank card and ATM pin number to the robbers.

According to the police, the three men entered the woman's yard while she was outside preparing food for her dog, grabbed her and tied her up with rope.

The suspects demanded the woman's bank card and pin number, her car keys as well as her cellphone.

They proceeded to kidnap her and drove around with her and went to an ATM to withdraw about N$2 000 from her account. After that they parked the vehicle and told her to drive home.

The woman stays alone and was unharmed.

The total value of stolen items is estimated to be N$10 000.

Thus far, there have been no arrests and no recovery of the stolen items.



ELLANIE SMIT