Man kills girlfriend, dies by suicide
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A 38-year-old man from Ehafo village in the Oshana Region’s Okaku constituency reportedly killed his girlfriend before he died by suicide.
The incident allegedly took place last Thursday evening, and both bodies were discovered on Friday morning.
Head of the region’s community policing sub-division, Chief Inspector Thomas Aiyambo, said Elia Shitongeni Hamukwaya (38) and his girlfriend Emilia Nangombe (34) were earlier seen socialising together at the village shebeens. It is alleged that Hamukwaya stabbed Nangombe with a kitchen knife. He then hanged himself with a rope from a marula tree near his family homestead.
Their next of kin have been informed, and their remains have been transported to the Oshakati police mortuary for postmortem examinations.
The incident allegedly took place last Thursday evening, and both bodies were discovered on Friday morning.
Head of the region’s community policing sub-division, Chief Inspector Thomas Aiyambo, said Elia Shitongeni Hamukwaya (38) and his girlfriend Emilia Nangombe (34) were earlier seen socialising together at the village shebeens. It is alleged that Hamukwaya stabbed Nangombe with a kitchen knife. He then hanged himself with a rope from a marula tree near his family homestead.
Their next of kin have been informed, and their remains have been transported to the Oshakati police mortuary for postmortem examinations.
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