Mob attacks cop
A Nampol officer was attacked and stabbed in the head by a mob when a unit went out to arrest suspects in Havana.
A police officer was attacked and stabbed in Zambia Street in Windhoek's Havana location on Sunday afternoon.
Members of the City Police and the Namibian Police had gone to Havana location to arrest the suspects.
When the suspects were located they fled and a member of Nampol chased one of the suspects.
According to the police, a group of people caught the police officer and dragged him into a house where they stabbed him three times in the head and shoulder. They also robbed him of his service pistol.
The police officer was admitted to the Roman Catholic Hospital and is in a critical condition.
Six suspects were arrested and two are still on the run. The pistol has not yet been recovered.
Also in Windhoek on Sunday, a 57-year-old French tourist was robbed of cash and electronics worth thousands of dollars at a guesthouse in Avis.
According to the police, the robbery occurred on Sunday at about 04:00 at a Windhoek guesthouse in Schuckman Road.
The robbers cut the fence surrounding the property, attacked a security guard and robbed him of his gun before entering the guesthouse and threatening the tourist with the firearm.
They stole N$7 000 in cash, a camera, a Visa card, cellphones, watches and a computer. The total value of the stolen items has not been determined yet and no arrests have been made.
In the north, a man believed to be in his twenties was stabbed to death and his body was burned at Rundu at the weekend.
His body was found in a shack opposite the Rocky Car wash on Sunday afternoon and the police were called.
People who might know the man are urged to come forward and identify the body at the Rundu State Hospital mortuary.
Two men were arrested at the Ariamsvlei border post on Sunday after they were found with two 50kg bags of dagga valued at N$300 000.
According to the police, the suspects crossed a riverbed on foot to get to Ariamsvlei and collected the bags, which they loaded onto a donkey cart in order to transport them before hiding them in nearby bushes. The suspects are expected to appear before the Karasburg Magistrate's Court today.
ELLANIE SMIT
Members of the City Police and the Namibian Police had gone to Havana location to arrest the suspects.
When the suspects were located they fled and a member of Nampol chased one of the suspects.
According to the police, a group of people caught the police officer and dragged him into a house where they stabbed him three times in the head and shoulder. They also robbed him of his service pistol.
The police officer was admitted to the Roman Catholic Hospital and is in a critical condition.
Six suspects were arrested and two are still on the run. The pistol has not yet been recovered.
Also in Windhoek on Sunday, a 57-year-old French tourist was robbed of cash and electronics worth thousands of dollars at a guesthouse in Avis.
According to the police, the robbery occurred on Sunday at about 04:00 at a Windhoek guesthouse in Schuckman Road.
The robbers cut the fence surrounding the property, attacked a security guard and robbed him of his gun before entering the guesthouse and threatening the tourist with the firearm.
They stole N$7 000 in cash, a camera, a Visa card, cellphones, watches and a computer. The total value of the stolen items has not been determined yet and no arrests have been made.
In the north, a man believed to be in his twenties was stabbed to death and his body was burned at Rundu at the weekend.
His body was found in a shack opposite the Rocky Car wash on Sunday afternoon and the police were called.
People who might know the man are urged to come forward and identify the body at the Rundu State Hospital mortuary.
Two men were arrested at the Ariamsvlei border post on Sunday after they were found with two 50kg bags of dagga valued at N$300 000.
According to the police, the suspects crossed a riverbed on foot to get to Ariamsvlei and collected the bags, which they loaded onto a donkey cart in order to transport them before hiding them in nearby bushes. The suspects are expected to appear before the Karasburg Magistrate's Court today.
ELLANIE SMIT
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