Woman kills boyfriend

In the second such incident in three days, a woman has killed her intimate partner. On Sunday, a Kunene man was strangled by his girlfriend and on Monday evening, an Usakos woman allegedly killed her boyfriend by stabbing him with a kitchen knife.

The police's crime investigations coordinator for the Erongo Region, Deputy Commissioner Erastus Iikuyu, yesterday confirmed the incident.

According to police, the incident occurred at around 19:00 at the Omughuluwombashe informal settlement in the Hakhaseb location at Usakos.

It is alleged that Shalulu Nghialwa (41) died instantly after his girlfriend stabbed him once in the chest during an argument in their shack.

The woman fled but was arrested shortly after the incident and is expected to appear on a charge of murder in the Usakos Magistrate's Court today.

Iikuyu said a post-mortem would be performed to confirm the cause of death.

In a separate incident, two Nigerian men and a Namibian woman were arrested at Kuisebmond in Walvis Bay just before midnight on Monday.

According to the Namibian police spokesperson, Deputy Commissioner Edwin Kanguatjivi, the three were found with crack cocaine and dagga. The value of the drugs is yet to be determined.

The police have warned that drug abuse is on the increase. Several drug busts have been reported in the past few days.

JEMIMA BEUKES