Placido Hilukilwa
A YOUNG man who went looking for his missing cell phone was fatally stabbed with a knife when he confronted the suspected thief Friday evening.
The incident occurred at the Ondumbo location in the Oshithashembungu village near Onesi in the Omusati Region.
According to the police, 23-year-old Timoteus Ndiiluka Pius spent the evening socializing at the Ondumbo shebeen, but on his way home at around 23:00 he realized that his cell phone was missing.
Pius went back to the shebeen and confronted the man whom he suspected of having stolen it.
A fierce argument erupted between them, followed by a fist fight in the process of which Pius was stabbed with a knife once on the chest.
He died instantly.
The police’s Regional Commander, Ismael Basson, said that the deceased was a resident of the Oshithashembungu village, but was originally from the Onandjila village in the Okahao constituency.
The 18-year-old suspect, who is a resident of the same village, fled the crime scene, but was traced and arrested on Saturday.
“He is to be charged and will be appearing before the magistrate’s court at Outapi on Monday,” said Commissioner Basson.
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