Man shoots girlfriend, selfYet another woman has died at the hands of her intimate partner who shot her three times and then killed himself.
Police spokesperson Slogan Matheus confirmed the incident which took place on Monday morning in Outapi Street in the Havana informal settlement on the outskirts of Windhoek.
According to Matheus, the woman who was identified as the 26-year-old Ester Ishuki, lived with the alleged killer Joel Paulus Shiimi with whom she had a four-year-old daughter.
“The deceased left an 11-page suicide note that was written in Oshiwambo,” explained Matheus.
According to him, the letter must first be discussed with the family of the deceased.
The man reportedly worked at a well-known fast food restaurant while his girlfriend worked at a local butchery. Their bodies were discovered by their neighbours. According to the police Shiimi allegedly used a Makarov pistol that was licenced in his name.
Police investigations into the matter continue.
GBV evil
Namibia has in the last decade seen an unprecedented rise of gender-based killings, locally referred to as passion killings.
By July 2015 more than 800 GBV cases had been reported in the country.
Last month the First Lady Monica Geingos lamented the fact that almost every day Namibians wake up to the news of yet another gruesome murder, rape or assault on a woman or child at the hands of a man with whom she was intimate.
Geingos argued that offenders must be punished to the fullest extent of the law, but within the parameters