Gun dealer commits suicideSven Ahrens, 42, a Windhoek gun expert and dealer, committed suicide early Wednesday morning.
Nampol spokesperson Kauna Shikwambi confirmed the incident that happened at Finckenstein Estate, where Ahrens and his family had recently moved.
“The body was discovered by a newspaper delivery person at about 05:00,” Shikwambi said.
It is alleged that Ahrens drove his car to the chosen spot, a few kilometres from his house, got out of the vehicle and shot himself. The weapon was a licensed pistol he owned.
Ahrens, the older brother of Namibia’s Olympic trap shooter Gaby Ahrens, left a suicide note addressed to his wife.
Ahrens was the owner of Ahrens Guns and Ammunition in Windhoek.
In October last year, during a spate of high-profile robberies, Ahrens’s gun shop was targeted, leading to losses of more than a million dollars. Camera footage showed the robbers stealing handguns, bulletproof vests and other stock to the value of N$150 000. Just under N$800 000 in cash was stolen.
The carefully executed operations pointed towards well-informed robbers who had obtained sensitive information in order to break into the premises. To this day, the crime remains unsolved.
Family and friends were not available for comment yesterday.
Ahrens leaves behind his wife, a daughter (4), a son (18 months) and his parents and sister.