Staff Reporter
AN ANGOLAN national was rushed to the Engela District Hospital in the Ohangwena Region following a confrontation between security guards and street vendors at the northern border town of Helao Nafidi on Saturday afternoon.
A security guard faces a case of attempted murder. The incident occurred at the speed humps near the Oshikango Combined School where a guard of the Wakaali Security Service was allegedly attacked by vendors of illicit Angolan whiskey.
According to the police, the vendors were carrying stones and managed to encircle and eventually grab one of the guards, but their attempt to grab the second guard failed when the guard — who is now the suspect — fired a shot from his service pistol.
The bullet struck the right foot of a 23-year-old male Angolan vendor from Santa Clara.
The victim was transported to hospital in a stable condition.
