{"id":267187,"date":"2019-05-24T09:14:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T07:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=267187"},"modified":"2019-05-24T09:14:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T07:14:22","slug":"carrying-unexploded-ordnance-is-carrying-death-says-itumba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=267187","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Carrying unexploded ordnance is carrying death\u2019, says Itumba"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js_2\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-testid=\"post_message\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<p>Placido Hilukilwa<br \/>\nEXACTLY 30 years after the war, explosive remnants of that war are still dangerously lurking in the bushes and under the ground in the northern regions that were the epicentre of Namibia\u2019s 23-year war.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/60942304_2256319644434983_7294223923225296896_n.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-267188\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/60942304_2256319644434983_7294223923225296896_n-300x198.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/60942304_2256319644434983_7294223923225296896_n-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/60942304_2256319644434983_7294223923225296896_n.png 658w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Unexploded mortar shells and machinegun ammunition were discovered and reported to the Namibian police in the Ohangwena Region since last week.<br \/>\nPolice spokesperson Kaume Itumba said that a resident of the Omhito village in the Oshikunde constituency discovered a mortar shell protruding in his mahangu field last Friday.<br \/>\nHe took it to a \u201csafe place\u201d, collected firewood and made fire to destroy it.<br \/>\nHis action almost ended in a tragedy.<br \/>\nThe shell\u2019s onboard propellant charge went off, shooting the shell into the air which then landed about three metres from where he was hiding.<br \/>\nFortunately the bomb did not explode and was later destroyed by explosive experts of the Namibian police.<br \/>\nThat same day, another bomb was discovered by children in the bushes near the Eenhana town.<br \/>\nThe kids picked up the \u201ctoy\u201d and took it home in the Donker location.<br \/>\nHowever, an adult immediately sensed the danger, grabbed the bomb, put it a plastic carry bag and took it to the nearby police station, an action described by the police as very dangerous in itself.<br \/>\nIn yet another incident earlier this week, a villager turned up at the police precinct in the Ondwi Village in the Ondobe constituency carrying a belt of machinegun ammunition which he allegedly picked up in the bush near his house.<br \/>\nClearly, the well-known slogan of the Namibian Police &#8211; \u201cDon\u2019t touch it Report it\u201d \u2013 is being ignored by residents.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is a persistent problem,\u201d said Itumba, \u201cbecause people continue to pick up unknown objects despite our repeated warnings. Our advice continues to be: just mark the place where the unknown object is and immediately inform the police because carrying unexploded ordnance is carrying death.\u201d<br \/>\nIn November last year, a bomb was sold to a scrap yard in the Helao Nafidi town.<br \/>\nIn yet another incident last year a bomb was found among loose metals collected by children at a village near Oshikango.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-265903\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Cycledelic728x90NEW.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Placido Hilukilwa EXACTLY 30 years after the war, explosive remnants of that war are still dangerously lurking in the bushes and under the ground in the northern regions that were the epicentre of Namibia\u2019s 23-year war. 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