Another struggle kid killed on B1 The police are investigating a hit-and-run incident, which claimed the life of Itope Johannes, one of the struggle kids camping outside a Swapo farm on the outskirts of Windhoek.According to police spokesperson Chief Inspector Kauna Shikwambi, Johannes was bumped to death while crossing the road to get to the Mix settlement on Saturday evening.
It is alleged that the driver of the vehicle drove off after the incident and the police are requesting the public’s help for any information regarding his whereabouts.
This is the third member of the struggle kids to die in this manner.
In a separate hit-and-run incident, a woman was bumped and killed by an unknown vehicle that was later found in a panel-beating compound in Katutura. The vehicle was later linked to the Namibia Protection Service.
The incident occurred at around 02:00 on Sunday morning on the Monte Cristo road behind A. Shipena Secondary School.
On Saturday a boy (age unknown) was also bumped to death in Katutura while crossing the road. The police could not provide any further details, which includes how the incident occurred.
Suicides
The police also reported four suicides at the weekend.
In one of the cases, a 37-year-old man Martin Nambala Haixwema was found hanging from a tree near the Kilimanjaro informal settlement. The deceased was reported missing on 28 August 2016.
No suicide note was discovered and the next of kin has been informed.
In a separate incident, a man suffering from mental health problems committed suicide in Oshakati by hanging.
The 33-year-old was found hanging from a piece of cloth in one of the wards in the Oshakati State Hospital.
Also in the Oshana Region, a 29-year-old Angolan national, who worked as a cattle herder, was found hanging from a tree.
The next of kin are unknown, as police investigations still continue.
In the Erongo Region, another suicide was reported, after a security guard killed himself with a service gun at Karibib.
He was identified as Eugene Pieterson, aged 26.
KEITH VRIES