NAU condemns farm attacks The Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU) has condemned the attacks on farmers, especially elderly people who are defenceless. After the recent brutal attack on an elderly woman on a farm in the Blumfelde vicinity that has left the entire farming community shocked, the union has urged the courts not to grant bail to the suspects.
Hendrina Osborn, 79, from farm Excelsior was attacked and tortured by four suspects last week.
It is reported that she was tied up with telephone cables to a chair and that she was burned with plastic on her forearms and toes and punched on her face. The suspects were later apprehended and are in custody.
NAU said it is clear that especially defenceless people are targeted by these “unscrupulous villains” and that violence and maltreatment forms part of their attacks.
“The NAU condemns these types of deeds strongly,” it said.
The union also added that the safety of the farmers is an integral part of the development of rural areas.
According to the union, the law enforcement agencies are urged to punish these criminals severely and grant the assailants no bail. The union also requested law enforcement agencies to make the protection of lives and property in rural areas a priority.
NAU further congratulated the crime prevention forums in the vicinity of Nina, Leonardville and Blumfelde, as well the police, for their prompt response and cooperation which led to the apprehension of the suspects.
“President Hage Geingob’s dream of a Namibian house of which everybody is part and everybody must feel safe, is undermined by these unscrupulous attacks on defenceless farmers,” the union said.