Staff Reporter
ONE person was killed and two others injured in separate violent incidents in Khorixas and Lüderitz over the weekend, with police investigations continuing and one suspect arrested.
According to the Namibian Police weekend crime report, in Lüderitz, a 27-year-old Namibian man, Johannes Lukas, died after allegedly being stabbed in the chest and stomach during an altercation at the Build Together suburb on Saturday.
Another person who was with Lukas sustained severe injuries during the attack.
Police allege that the altercation followed an incident in which Lukas threw a stone at a vehicle carrying the suspect, his father and his brothers.
The suspect was arrested and remains in police custody.
Lukas’s next of kin were informed, and the suspect is expected to appear before the Lüderitz Magistrate’s Court.
Police investigations into both incidents are continuing.
In Khorixas, a 25-year-old Namibian man sustained a gunshot wound to the leg during an alleged confrontation in Donkerhoek Location in the early hours of Friday.
According to the police, the incident occurred after an argument allegedly erupted between the victim and the suspect over money the victim had at a bar.
The suspect allegedly threw the victim’s money on the floor, prompting the victim to leave the bar and return home.
Police allege that the suspect followed the victim to his home, where he pulled out a pistol and shot him in the leg.
The victim was taken to hospital, where he remains admitted in stable condition.
No arrest had been made in connection with the Khorixas incident, and police investigations continue.
