Staff Reporter
A HUSBAND and wife died of gunshot wounds, and their teenage daughter has been admitted to a Windhoek hospital with a gunshot wound early Saturday morning.
The murder, attempted murder, and suicide tragedy occurred in Windhoek’s Greenwell Matongo suburb at around 01:30.
The deceased persons were identified as Elizabeth Alweendo (43) and David Alweendo (53).
According to the police, the couple’s 18-year-old daughter was in her sleeping room together with her six-year-old brother when she heard her mother’s distress call for help. She rushed to their bedroom and found both standing at the door, her father holding a gun.
It is alleged that her father pushed her away while her mother tried to take the gun away from her husband, which led to a scuffle into the sitting room.
When the first gunshot went off, the bullet struck the girl on her right thigh. She crawled into her room and telephoned her aunt.
In the meantime, she heard two more gunshots, and when she went to check, she found her mother lying on the floor in the sitting room and her father lying on the bed. Both had gunshot wounds and were bleeding.
The aunt eventually arrived and assisted in calling the police.
Both husband and wife were declared dead on the spot by City of Windhoek paramedics at around 02:36.
The daughter was admitted to Katutura State Hospital and is in a serious condition.
The cause of the argument that led to the family tragedy is unknown.
