Six masked men robbed a clinic in the Otjomuise area of Windhoek in the early hours of Saturday, after holding two security guards at gunpoint, the police have reported. The robbers took goods to the value of N$20 000, including about N$4 900 in cash, police spokesperson Elifas Kuwinga reported on Sunday. Kuwinga said the...
Niël Terblanché In a startling breach of public safety, a daring robbery unfolded at the Monte Christo Service Station in the Lafrenz Industrial area of Windhoek on Tuesday. The brazenness of the act sent shockwaves throughout the community. According to the incident report provided by the Public Relations Division of the Namibian Police, the incident...
Niël Terblanché A brazen cash-in-transit heist that unfolded at the Grove Mall in Windhoek on Wednesday morning, left the city’s residents in disbelief. A group of five robbers, armed with pistols and an AK47 assault rifle, made off with N$305,987 during the daring cash-in-transit robbery. According to the incident report provided by the Public Relations...
Staff Reporter SECURITY guards from Namibia Protection Services, who were picking up cash from various shops at Grove Mall, were robbed by five men at gunpoint today. According to Chief Inspector Elifas Kuwinga of the Namibian police, the armed robbery occurred on 14 February 2024 at Grove Mall, in the backyard of a loading zone....
One of the two South African men accused of setting a dog on their Namibian security guard says the guard was armed with a panga and pickaxe handle before he was attacked by a dog. Namibian national Veneruru Kavari (30) told The Namibian last week he was assaulted and subjected to racial abuse by his...
The Namibian Police’s Head of Public Relations, Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi, has once again appealed to the nation to assist the police in locating the suspects believed to have been involved in a fatal armed robbery in Windhoek in December last year. Suspects Martin Shikongo, Steven Dumeni, and Ishitile Eddison Aluvilu, who stand accused of murder,...
Intercape South Africa chief executive Johann Ferreira has confirmed that the bus service are hiring heavily armed private security guards to safeguard passengers over the festive season. “We deploy our own security. We also employ private security firms to help us. So, we provide the security where the police should be providing. They are armed...
Libyan medical sources say clashes between two powerful armed factions in Tripoli have killed 27 people and wounded more than 100 others. According to the BBC, violence broke out late on Monday after the Special Deterrence Force seized a commander of the 444 Brigade. It subsided after the commander was released on Tuesday evening. The...
Staff Reporter A 31-YEAR-OLD man was stabbed and shot to death by unknown suspects in a house in Katutura on Sunday. The police identified the deceased as Patrick Hawala Hamupunda. According to the police, the deceased was allegedly attacked by about five male suspects, who were armed with a pistol and a panga. The suspects...