Murder-suicide at northern village
A 23-year-old woman was hacked to death with a panga and her killer committed suicide at Omahalya village in the Anamulenge constituency on Monday.
The Omusati police said Hanna Rauha Bendeka died after she was hacked with a panga all over her body.
Her lover and father of her two-year-old daughter, Hashiko Teofilus (22), committed suicide shortly afterwards by hanging himself from a nearby tree.
Police spokesperson Linekela Shikongo said the panga attack was committed in the victim's home.
Teofilus was from Okongo village in the Ohangwena Region. It is not known whether the couple were living together.
Investigations are ongoing.
On Monday night, a 30 year-old-male suspect was arrested for the murder of 71-year-old farmer, tour and hunting guide Karl Heinz Kossmann and is expected to make his first court appearance there today.
The suspect, whose name cannot be released, allegedly shot Kossmann multiple times after an argument on farm Geierfels in the Outjo district.
Preliminary reports indicate that the suspect had worked as an employee on the farm for less than a month.
Police were told that an argument that erupted on Monday before noon led to the suspect tying up Kossmann with wire around his wrists and eventually shooting him multiple times.
Witnesses reportedly told police that Kossmann was still alive when an ambulance arrived at the farm to take him to the nearest hospital in Outjo.
Helpers who arrived on the scene found Kossmann lying inside the entrance of his home, his body riddled with bullets and his hands tied behind his back with wire.
An ambulance was called and his hands untied.
Kossmann, who had sustained serious injuries to his leg and head, died during the drive to the hospital.
Kossmann was a well-known hunting and tour guide, and the owner of trophy hunting outfit Ongue Hunting.
His wife was conducting a tour when the incident occurred. The pair had one son.
The suspect meanwhile had fled the farm, but was later arrested by Namibian police who had erected a temporary road block about nine kilometres outside of Outjo.
Police confiscated two firearms and N$1 700 in cash, which he stole from the farm after the shooting.
JANA-MARI SMITH & ILENI NANDJATO
The Omusati police said Hanna Rauha Bendeka died after she was hacked with a panga all over her body.
Her lover and father of her two-year-old daughter, Hashiko Teofilus (22), committed suicide shortly afterwards by hanging himself from a nearby tree.
Police spokesperson Linekela Shikongo said the panga attack was committed in the victim's home.
Teofilus was from Okongo village in the Ohangwena Region. It is not known whether the couple were living together.
Investigations are ongoing.
On Monday night, a 30 year-old-male suspect was arrested for the murder of 71-year-old farmer, tour and hunting guide Karl Heinz Kossmann and is expected to make his first court appearance there today.
The suspect, whose name cannot be released, allegedly shot Kossmann multiple times after an argument on farm Geierfels in the Outjo district.
Preliminary reports indicate that the suspect had worked as an employee on the farm for less than a month.
Police were told that an argument that erupted on Monday before noon led to the suspect tying up Kossmann with wire around his wrists and eventually shooting him multiple times.
Witnesses reportedly told police that Kossmann was still alive when an ambulance arrived at the farm to take him to the nearest hospital in Outjo.
Helpers who arrived on the scene found Kossmann lying inside the entrance of his home, his body riddled with bullets and his hands tied behind his back with wire.
An ambulance was called and his hands untied.
Kossmann, who had sustained serious injuries to his leg and head, died during the drive to the hospital.
Kossmann was a well-known hunting and tour guide, and the owner of trophy hunting outfit Ongue Hunting.
His wife was conducting a tour when the incident occurred. The pair had one son.
The suspect meanwhile had fled the farm, but was later arrested by Namibian police who had erected a temporary road block about nine kilometres outside of Outjo.
Police confiscated two firearms and N$1 700 in cash, which he stole from the farm after the shooting.
JANA-MARI SMITH & ILENI NANDJATO
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