3 die in weekend violence

THE Namibian Police are investigating three murder cases after three people died violently in Windhoek and Outjo within less than an hour and a half over the weekend.

The first violent death to be reported yesterday by a Police spokesperson, Sergeant Stephan Nuuyi, took place in Tolla Street at Greenwell Matongo in Windhoek at about 23h30 on Saturday. An unknown person shot 24-year-old Epafras Johannes in the chest.Johannes died from the wound that he sustained.By yesterday afternoon, no suspect had been arrested, according to Nuuyi.The second violent death of the evening happened at Outjo at about 00h10 yesterday, Nuuyi also reported.That incident took place at the Zebra Bottle Store when a 45-year-old man, Gotfried Noabeb, was allegedly stabbed in the chest with a knife.Noabeb died later in the Outjo Hospital.A 15-year-old boy was arrested as a suspect in the case, Nuuyi said.In the third deadly incident, a 21-year-old man, Riekie Afrikaner, died on the spot after he was stabbed in the throat with a knife.The stabbing took place at about 00h45 yesterday in Johannes Tuejijama Street in Katutura in Windhoek, Nuuyi said.He added that no suspect had been arrested yet in connection with that incident.An unknown person shot 24-year-old Epafras Johannes in the chest.Johannes died from the wound that he sustained.By yesterday afternoon, no suspect had been arrested, according to Nuuyi.The second violent death of the evening happened at Outjo at about 00h10 yesterday, Nuuyi also reported.That incident took place at the Zebra Bottle Store when a 45-year-old man, Gotfried Noabeb, was allegedly stabbed in the chest with a knife.Noabeb died later in the Outjo Hospital.A 15-year-old boy was arrested as a suspect in the case, Nuuyi said.In the third deadly incident, a 21-year-old man, Riekie Afrikaner, died on the spot after he was stabbed in the throat with a knife.The stabbing took place at about 00h45 yesterday in Johannes Tuejijama Street in Katutura in Windhoek, Nuuyi said.He added that no suspect had been arrested yet in connection with that incident.