Swakop murder suspects appear today
Four men accused of the murder of an elderly Swakopmund woman on Wednesday will appear in the Swakopmund Magistrate's Court today.
Deputy Commissioner Erastus Iikuyu of the Erongo police yesterday confirmed that four suspects were arrested and all stolen items were recovered.
The main suspect, who had done work for the elderly couple, was arrested on Wednesday while trying to flee the town and all the stolen property was found in his possession.
A second suspect was arrested yesterday morning around 03:00 in the DRC suburb near Mondesa.
The home invasion happened on Wednesday morning between 08:00 and 09:00 when the suspects entered a house at 33 Richthofen Street in the Vineta residential area.
“The suspects used a duplicate key and entered the room where the 79-year-old Rosvietha Sieglinde Strzelecki was. It is suspected that they grabbed Rosvietha Sieglinde Strzelecki by the neck, hit her head against a wall and strangled her to death,” Iikuyu said.
“In the process her husband, 81-year-old Siegfried Paul Strzelecki, who was in another room, heard the noise and went to investigate.
“The masked men threatened Siegfried Strzelecki with knives and demanded money. They tried to open the safe with a key that had been missing for some time but fortunately, the couple had changed the lock.
“They assaulted and tied up Siegfried Strzelecki with nylon ropes. The men left the key in the safe, went to the lounge and took one Huawei cellphone valued N$8 000, the remote control of the house alarm, the sandals of the deceased, cash of N$1 000 and ran away.
“Mr Strzelecki managed to untie himself and reported the matter to the neighbours, who notified the police. Mrs Strzelecki was confirmed dead at the scene by the paramedics of E-med Rescue. Mr Strzelecki was taken to Cottage Hospital and is in a stable condition,” he said.
ADOLF KAURE
Deputy Commissioner Erastus Iikuyu of the Erongo police yesterday confirmed that four suspects were arrested and all stolen items were recovered.
The main suspect, who had done work for the elderly couple, was arrested on Wednesday while trying to flee the town and all the stolen property was found in his possession.
A second suspect was arrested yesterday morning around 03:00 in the DRC suburb near Mondesa.
The home invasion happened on Wednesday morning between 08:00 and 09:00 when the suspects entered a house at 33 Richthofen Street in the Vineta residential area.
“The suspects used a duplicate key and entered the room where the 79-year-old Rosvietha Sieglinde Strzelecki was. It is suspected that they grabbed Rosvietha Sieglinde Strzelecki by the neck, hit her head against a wall and strangled her to death,” Iikuyu said.
“In the process her husband, 81-year-old Siegfried Paul Strzelecki, who was in another room, heard the noise and went to investigate.
“The masked men threatened Siegfried Strzelecki with knives and demanded money. They tried to open the safe with a key that had been missing for some time but fortunately, the couple had changed the lock.
“They assaulted and tied up Siegfried Strzelecki with nylon ropes. The men left the key in the safe, went to the lounge and took one Huawei cellphone valued N$8 000, the remote control of the house alarm, the sandals of the deceased, cash of N$1 000 and ran away.
“Mr Strzelecki managed to untie himself and reported the matter to the neighbours, who notified the police. Mrs Strzelecki was confirmed dead at the scene by the paramedics of E-med Rescue. Mr Strzelecki was taken to Cottage Hospital and is in a stable condition,” he said.
ADOLF KAURE
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