Burial stopped as family demands second post-mortem

Burial stopped as family demands second post-mortemBody found by neighbours On the day of the burial, the police were informed that when the body was washed at the Nankudu Dirstrict Hospital mortuary, bruises and signs of assault were discovered, which the family believed could have led to her death. Kenya Kambowe







RUNDU

The burial of a 51-year-old woman - whose body was found at Sirikunga village in the Kavango West Region - had to be stopped as the family demanded for the police to conduct a second post-mortem.

Namibian Sun was informed that some members of late Regina Muyenga’s family demanded that the burial, which was in process last Saturday, be put on hold and that a second post-mortem on the deceased be conducted to determine the exact cause of death.

Muyenga’s body was found on 21 January by neighbours.



According to the Kavango West police commander, Commissioner Josephat Abel, the first post-mortem - conducted on 26 January – found that Muyenga died of natural causes.

Signs of assault

On 30 January, the day of the burial, the police were informed that when the body was washed at the Nankudu Dirstrict Hospital mortuary, bruises and signs of assault were discovered, which the family believed could have led to her death.

The police then took the body to Rundu for a second post-mortem, which was conducted yesterday.

“It indicated heart failure, meaning it was a natural death,” Abel said, adding that the allegations of assault and bruises on the victim’s body were unfounded and the matter has been resolved.

kenya@namibiansun.com