Vigilante justice turns deadly
An angry mob in Wanaheda caught a man who was stealing a generator and beat him up before taking him to the nearest police station.
Mob justice took a murderous turn over the weekend when a 23-year-old suspected thief sustained a deadly beating and died of his injuries.
The police say a case of murder is being investigated after the unidentified man died in the early hours of Sunday.
It was reported that the man had allegedly stolen a generator valued at N$13 000 in Wanaheda, and was “caught red-handed by members of the public” and beaten “before they took him to Havana mobile police station”.
After he was booked, the police took the man to the Katutura hospital for medical help, but he died the next day.
The police said yesterday that no arrests had been made, and noted that in a case of mob justice, it is very difficult “to determine who delivered the fatal blow”.
In another case, a 27-year-old man was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of murdering his former partner who had recently dumped him.
The police yesterday confirmed the fatal stabbing of Hermina Francia Apollus (24), who died after her former partner allegedly stabbed her three times.
Apollus and the accused, whose name is known to Namibian Sun but whose first court appearance could not be confirmed, had two young children.
Apollus was stabbed in her left shoulder, lower back and spine.
The police say the incident took place at Groot Aub on Sunday afternoon and that they managed to arrest the suspect after a chase.
He is facing one count of murder.
The police are investigating a case of abortion or concealment of birth after a passer-by discovered the body of a newborn baby girl at a dumpsite in Havana on Sunday. It is not clear what the cause of death was.
No suspect has been arrested.
A security guard has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after he shot at a mother and son following an argument over one dollar.
The police said the incident took place on Saturday in Havana, where a security guard employed by Shilimela Security Services argued with a man about a debt of one dollar.
The man's mother reportedly handed over the money owed, but an argument erupted between the security guard and the mother and son.
The security guard discharged his weapon, wounding both. Both are in a stable condition at the Katutura hospital.
The police at Ongwediva are investigating a violent armed robbery in which three unidentified men threatened a domestic worker with a gun and tied her up with a cable before stealing items valued at N$84 000.
According to the police the incident took place last Friday morning, when the men entered the house by pretending to be responding to a call-out for repairs.
After tying up the housekeeper, they stole N$54 000 in cash, two laptops, a cellphone and computer equipment.
No arrests have been made, nor have any of the stolen items been retrieved.
The police have arrested another would-be pangolin trafficker at Oshifo near Ruacana.
The 42-year-old man, whose name was not made public, was arrested last Thursday while attempting to sell a live pangolin at the Oshifo open market.
Meanwhile, Uaumba Tjamburo (25) died on Saturday after a tuck shop he was sleeping in caught fire.
The incident took place at 8ste Laan in Otjomuise.
It is alleged that the deceased walked home at 04:00 in the morning and “was reportedly drunk and hungry and wanted to warm up his food on the stove in his tuck shop”.
He fell asleep and the unsupervised cooker caught fire. Tjamburo died in the subsequent blaze.
The incident comes close on the heel of the death of two men, Nicodemus Apollus (29) and Mervis Gariseb (37), who died after a fire they had made inside their Otjomuise shack on 15 June to keep warm, spread and got out of control.
Border authorities intercepted a truck entering Namibia at Ariamsvlei on Friday and discovered 64.4kg of dagga valued at N$644 000 on board.
The driver, a Namibian man aged 36, was arrested.
Police are also investigating two armed robberies that took place in Windhoek over the weekend.
In the early hours of Saturday morning, five armed men broke into a house in Windhoek West, waking the sleeping occupants and holding them at gunpoint.
The assailants stole a variety of electronic equipment, plus clothes and the family's 2014 Toyota Corolla.
The police have in the meantime located the vehicle, but no arrests have been made.
Another vehicle was stolen on Friday evening near the Windhoek Country Club Resort, when suspects armed with knives threatened a 48-year-old man and stole his Toyota Hilux double-cab bakkie.
No one has been arrested in connection with the hijacking, but the vehicle was recovered at Goreangab Dam on Saturday.
JANA-MARI SMITH
The police say a case of murder is being investigated after the unidentified man died in the early hours of Sunday.
It was reported that the man had allegedly stolen a generator valued at N$13 000 in Wanaheda, and was “caught red-handed by members of the public” and beaten “before they took him to Havana mobile police station”.
After he was booked, the police took the man to the Katutura hospital for medical help, but he died the next day.
The police said yesterday that no arrests had been made, and noted that in a case of mob justice, it is very difficult “to determine who delivered the fatal blow”.
In another case, a 27-year-old man was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of murdering his former partner who had recently dumped him.
The police yesterday confirmed the fatal stabbing of Hermina Francia Apollus (24), who died after her former partner allegedly stabbed her three times.
Apollus and the accused, whose name is known to Namibian Sun but whose first court appearance could not be confirmed, had two young children.
Apollus was stabbed in her left shoulder, lower back and spine.
The police say the incident took place at Groot Aub on Sunday afternoon and that they managed to arrest the suspect after a chase.
He is facing one count of murder.
The police are investigating a case of abortion or concealment of birth after a passer-by discovered the body of a newborn baby girl at a dumpsite in Havana on Sunday. It is not clear what the cause of death was.
No suspect has been arrested.
A security guard has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after he shot at a mother and son following an argument over one dollar.
The police said the incident took place on Saturday in Havana, where a security guard employed by Shilimela Security Services argued with a man about a debt of one dollar.
The man's mother reportedly handed over the money owed, but an argument erupted between the security guard and the mother and son.
The security guard discharged his weapon, wounding both. Both are in a stable condition at the Katutura hospital.
The police at Ongwediva are investigating a violent armed robbery in which three unidentified men threatened a domestic worker with a gun and tied her up with a cable before stealing items valued at N$84 000.
According to the police the incident took place last Friday morning, when the men entered the house by pretending to be responding to a call-out for repairs.
After tying up the housekeeper, they stole N$54 000 in cash, two laptops, a cellphone and computer equipment.
No arrests have been made, nor have any of the stolen items been retrieved.
The police have arrested another would-be pangolin trafficker at Oshifo near Ruacana.
The 42-year-old man, whose name was not made public, was arrested last Thursday while attempting to sell a live pangolin at the Oshifo open market.
Meanwhile, Uaumba Tjamburo (25) died on Saturday after a tuck shop he was sleeping in caught fire.
The incident took place at 8ste Laan in Otjomuise.
It is alleged that the deceased walked home at 04:00 in the morning and “was reportedly drunk and hungry and wanted to warm up his food on the stove in his tuck shop”.
He fell asleep and the unsupervised cooker caught fire. Tjamburo died in the subsequent blaze.
The incident comes close on the heel of the death of two men, Nicodemus Apollus (29) and Mervis Gariseb (37), who died after a fire they had made inside their Otjomuise shack on 15 June to keep warm, spread and got out of control.
Border authorities intercepted a truck entering Namibia at Ariamsvlei on Friday and discovered 64.4kg of dagga valued at N$644 000 on board.
The driver, a Namibian man aged 36, was arrested.
Police are also investigating two armed robberies that took place in Windhoek over the weekend.
In the early hours of Saturday morning, five armed men broke into a house in Windhoek West, waking the sleeping occupants and holding them at gunpoint.
The assailants stole a variety of electronic equipment, plus clothes and the family's 2014 Toyota Corolla.
The police have in the meantime located the vehicle, but no arrests have been made.
Another vehicle was stolen on Friday evening near the Windhoek Country Club Resort, when suspects armed with knives threatened a 48-year-old man and stole his Toyota Hilux double-cab bakkie.
No one has been arrested in connection with the hijacking, but the vehicle was recovered at Goreangab Dam on Saturday.
JANA-MARI SMITH
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