Police mum on NIMT killings

The Namibian police have remained tight-lipped on any new developments regarding the double murder of the two NIMT executives Eckhart Mueller and Heimo Hellwig last week. Social media however, has been abuzz with updates regarding the possible killer, but the police have not yet charged anyone in connection with the grisly killings.
By this afternoon no one had appeared before the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court in connection with the killings. This was after the police on Tuesday announced the arrest of a suspect who was supposed to appear in court on that same day. This afternoon, the police upon enquiry did not provide any information on the current situation.
Eckhart Mueller (72) and Heimo Hellwig (60) were shot dead in cold blood on the morning of April 15 in front of the main entrance of the Institute for Mining and Technology (NIMT) in Arandis. A total of eight shots were fired, the police said. The murder weapon is yet to be recovered.
Since the brutal murders, the NIMT campus in Arandis remains closed. Today, no students were allowed to enter the renowned training centre as the police are still busy conducting a thorough investigation of the murder scene.
In the meantime the assumption has surfaced that NIMT instructor Ernst Lichtenstrasser (pictured) may be involved in the double murder. This was neither confirmed nor denied by the police. Lichtenstrasser was arrested last Thursday for contravening the arms and ammunitions act, after he was found to be in the illegal possession of two live .22 bullets. He has been in custody since his arrest on those charges.