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Man stabbed and stoned to death in Mondesa
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Sharlien Tjambari
Violent crimes in the Erongo Region is escalating by the day, and the community is urging for stiffer sentences, as well as added police visibility in the coastal town’s suburbs. In the latest horrific incident a 30-year-old man, Tulihaleni Mpingana Kadhila was stabbed and stoned to death in Swakopmund. perpetrators chased after him, bombarding him with stones and bottles. The culprits, who accused him (deceased) of stealing a cell phone followed him to a house close to his own and stoned him to death. Four men were arrested on a charge of murder and appeared in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s court, late yesterday afternoon. The four, Nelson Sam Ngurorua (25), Asser (21) (surname not provided), Titus Nekomba (23) and Dennis Haraeb (22) were denied bail and the matter was postponed until 1 June for legal representation and further investigations.
Road Accidents excalate
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The incident occurred between 02:00 and 03:00 on Saturday morning in the holiday town’s Mondesa suburb, behind the Mahetago Community Hall. According to the police spokesperson the deceased died on the spot and there was assumedly nothing anyone could do to rescue him from the gang. According to his friends, Mpingana was walking home after a late night out, when he was attacked. His house is a one minute walk from the community hall. According to a close friend of the deceased, Kadhila managed to flee home, after being stabbed, but the
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Murder accused, Nelson Sam Ngurorua (25), Asser (21), Titus Nekomba (23) and Dennis Haraeb (22) hiding their faces from the media
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Namsov clears the air
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Waka 2015 Tulihaleni Kadhila was born on 1 April 1984 in Ongali-Eloolo in the Oshana region. He moved to Swakopmund in 2006 and was an electrician by profession. He left behind a five-year-old daughter and
eight siblings. According to his cousin Saari Shivolo, the young man was a very peaceful person, who only spoke when spoken to. “You would speak to him and try to create a conversation, but he would only
Deceased respond with one word,” Saari recalled. His parents are pensioners and lives in the north of Namibia.
Five people die in car crash on Omaruru-Karibib road At least five people died in a head-on collision about one kilometre from Omaruru to Karibib on Sunday.
Namibian Police Force (NamPol) Crime Investigations Coordinator for the Erongo Region, Deputy Commissioner Otillie Kashuupulwa confirmed the accident to Nampa on Monday. The names and ages of the deceased persons are still to be released. Kashuupulwa said
three people died on the spot, one died in the Omaruru State Hospital and another died while on the way to a Windhoek hospital. Seventeen people from the two vehicles were involved in the accident, and at the moment nine are being treated in Omaruru,
while three are being treated in Windhoek, said the commissioner. “I understand that a sixth person from the accident also died in a Windhoek hospital today, but we still have to confirm whether it is true or not,” she said. The commissioner said the accident involved
a minibus transporting passengers from the northern regions and a sedan travelling towards Omaruru. Preliminary reports indicate that the minibus crashed into the sedan while it (minibus) was overtaking. NAMPA Numerous uncon-
firmed road fatalities and injuries were reported within the Erongo region over the weekend, and according to Deputy Commissioner Ottilie Kashuupulwa, nine road fatalities transpired from these accidents. In another accident
two people were fatally injured after an accident on Sunday night, near Swakopmund. The names of the deceased are Olivia Plaatjies (22) and Christoph Tjirong. Their next of kin were informed. Madelaine Laubscher
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