Jilted cop kills lover, self
An off-duty police officer yesterday morning killed his ex-girlfriend in the well-known take-away and corner shop, Louis Botha, in Windhoek, and then shot and killed himself.
Spokesperson of the Namibian police, Deputy Commissioner Edwin Kanguatjivi confirmed the incident to Namibian Sun and said the two people were involved in a relationship.
According to him it is believed that the 24-year-old Alina Kakehongo who was the manager at Louis Botha supermarket ended the relationship with the 28-year-old Samuel Shali Nghihepa, who was a sergeant in the police's Special Reserve Force Division.
Nghihepa apparently found it difficult to accept that the relationship had ended and wanted to get back together, but Kakehongo was unwilling. This allegedly angered Nghihepa which led to the shooting.
Kanguatjivi said Nghihepa, yesterday morning at about 08:00, walked into the shop where he shot the woman using his service pistol and then turned the gun on himself. He died at the scene while Kakehongo was rushed to hospital with a head injury. She died shortly thereafter.
“This is a real pity and a tragedy that happened. We are entrusted with protecting the lives of people, not taking them.”
However he added people should not point fingers at all police in these types of incidences.
The horror continued as directly after the shooting, the body of a foetus, a baby girl, was discovered in an open field in Katurura. The body was discovered at about 09:00 yesterday morning in a field at Psalm Street and according to witnesses the dumping had to have occurred somewhere during the night.
ELLANIE SMIT
Spokesperson of the Namibian police, Deputy Commissioner Edwin Kanguatjivi confirmed the incident to Namibian Sun and said the two people were involved in a relationship.
According to him it is believed that the 24-year-old Alina Kakehongo who was the manager at Louis Botha supermarket ended the relationship with the 28-year-old Samuel Shali Nghihepa, who was a sergeant in the police's Special Reserve Force Division.
Nghihepa apparently found it difficult to accept that the relationship had ended and wanted to get back together, but Kakehongo was unwilling. This allegedly angered Nghihepa which led to the shooting.
Kanguatjivi said Nghihepa, yesterday morning at about 08:00, walked into the shop where he shot the woman using his service pistol and then turned the gun on himself. He died at the scene while Kakehongo was rushed to hospital with a head injury. She died shortly thereafter.
“This is a real pity and a tragedy that happened. We are entrusted with protecting the lives of people, not taking them.”
However he added people should not point fingers at all police in these types of incidences.
The horror continued as directly after the shooting, the body of a foetus, a baby girl, was discovered in an open field in Katurura. The body was discovered at about 09:00 yesterday morning in a field at Psalm Street and according to witnesses the dumping had to have occurred somewhere during the night.
ELLANIE SMIT
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