Placido Hilukilwa
MYSTERIOUS deaths of an elderly woman, her 36-year-old son and another resident of the same village were reported at the Namibian police in the Kavango East Region.
The incidents occurred in the Mateke village in the Mukwe constituency.
Mariane Kapande Hausiku (71) and her biological son, Anton Athanasius Matamu (36), were found dead in their respective sleeping rooms by a member of the family on Thursday.
According to the police, the mysterious deaths were discovered by Hausiku’s daughter who walked to her mother’s bedroom at around 06:00 to greet her and to enquire about her health after she allegedly complained about chest pain the previous evening.
Upon entering the room she found the lifeless body of her mother on the bed.
She ran to her brother’s sleeping room to break the sad news.
She knocked on the door but attracted no response.
Then she entered the room and found her brother’s lifeless body lying on the floor.
Another resident of the same village, Mbambo William, fell ill and was taken to the Rundu district hospital where he died on Friday.
The cause of death of the three remains a mystery.
Post mortem examinations are being conducted to, hopefully, shed light on what caused the deaths.
