OSHAKATI: The Oshana police have initiated a manhunt for a suspect involved in an alleged stabbing incident which led to the death of one person while another was seriously wounded. According to the Namibian Police Force (NamPol) Oshana’s Community Policing Sub-division Chief Inspector Thomas Aiyambo on Sunday, the incident occurred around 01h30 at Teddy Bar...
December 13, 2024
Tag: murder
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Namibia: Woman Killed By Ex-Boyfriend – Sought Police Assistance Prior to Murder
Walvis Bay — Domestic violence continues to create horror among families as victims, mostly women, lose their lives at the hands of abusive partners. In the latest incident, 29-year-old Usakos woman Lena Williams died after being stabbed multiple times by her former partner on Saturday morning around 05h00 in the Saamstaan location. Community members are...
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Namibia: Love Triangle Leads to Attempted Murder Charge
Oshakati — The Ondangwa police have opened a case of attempted murder and assault through threatening against man who reportedly attacked his girlfriend’s 30-year-old lover at the town’s Uupopo location on Sunday. Confirming the incident, Head of the Namibian Police Force’s Oshana Community Policing Sub-division, Chief Inspector Thomas Aiyambo, said the victim allegedly received a...
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Ondangwa police change attempted murder to illegal discharge of firearm
Staff Reporter THE male suspect involved in a love triangle in Ondangwa, Oshana Region, no longer faces charges of attempted murder and assault through threats. It has been changed to assault through threats and illegal discharge of a firearm in a municipal area. This follows after police investigators gained more insight into the conflict that...
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A love triangle leads to a charge of attempted murder
Staff Reporter TROUBLE was bound to happen when two boyfriends of the same girl arrived at her residence in Ondangwa at the same hour of the night on Sunday. Gunshots were fired, and threatening words were allegedly uttered, leading one of the two men to register a case of attempted murder and assault through threats...
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Farmers arrested for murder of disabled man remanded in custody – More Top Stories
Two suspects arrested for the alleged murder of Benedict Swartbooi (28) in the Maltahohe district on Tuesday have been remanded in custody after appearing in the Maltahohe Magistrate’s Court. Henry Vermeullen (51) and Hein Franco van der Wath (25) allegedly assaulted Swartbooi with a stone on his head. The suspects appeared before magistrate Evelyn Stephanus...
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20 cops charged for drug-related crimes, 10 for murder cases – Windhoek Observer
Hertta-Maria Amutenja A total of 20 members of the Namibian Police Force have been charged with drug-related crimes while 10 others have been charged with murder over the last three years. This is according to Namibian Police Inspector General, Lieutenant General Joseph Shikongo, who disclosed that over the past three years, 20 cases involving drug-related...
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Man stabs girlfriend, faces attempted murder charge
Staff Reporter A QUARREL that erupted Saturday evening after a man paid a surprise visit to his girlfriend’s sleeping room culminated in an extremely violent attack against the 31-year-old woman and the arrest of the 32-year-old suspect. The incident happened around 22:00 in the Omusheshe village near Ongwediva in the Oshana Region. The police said...
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Maltahöhe woman arrested for murder
Staff Reporter A 32-YEAR-OLD woman has been arrested for the murder of a woman identified as Rebekka Tiboth (40), whom she stabbed to death. According to Chief Inspector Elifas Kuwinga, the media liaison officer within the Namibian Police, the murder incident happened on Monday, 4 March 2024, at around 23:00 at a house in Blikkiesdorp...
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UK murder victim Claudia Kambanza buried
Claudia Kambanza, who was allegedly stabbed to death by her partner in the United Kingdom, was buried at the Pionerspark Cemetery in Windhoek today. 22-year-old Kambanza was a resident of the city of Hull in the UK and died on January 26 of this year. She was allegedly murdered by her partner, 28-year-old Mateus Johannes,...