Staff Reporter
A 33-YEAR-OLD Namibian man from Omuhozi, Oniipa, is in hospital after he was shot twice in the chest by a security guard he and his gang robbed in Ondangwa on Tuesday.
According to Namibian police spokesperson Chief Inspector Elifas Kuwinga, the incident happened around 20:30 at the Oluno taxi rank.
The robber, who is now also a victim, was shot in his right upper chest with a 9 mm pistol by the 35-year-old guard working for a security company in Ondangwa.
This happened when the robber-victim and his gang attacked the security guard, now the suspect in an attempted murder case, and stole his cell phone worth N$1 600 and backpack.
Kuwinga said the victim had a knife and was holding the security guard down on the ground.
The security guard fired a warning shot with his pistol but the robber-victim continued trying to grab the pistol. In the process, he got shot in the chest twice.
The rest of the gang ran away with the pistol (serial number 9304532) which is not yet recovered.
The shot man is in stable condition in the Onandjokwe State Hospital and cannot be named until he has appeared in court.
The security guard registered a robbery case with the police.
He has not been arrested yet as the case will be sent to the Prosecutor General’s office for a decision.
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