A 59-year-old man was arrested at Onandjamba in the Omusati Region on Wednesday afternoon, after allegedly shooting and killing his seven-year-old grandchild with a revolver.
Police reported yesterday that the suspect had been testing his shotgun by shooting at a boabab tree, when his daughter ran towards him. The woman told him to stop shooting because her child was sitting on the other side of the tree and she was afraid that her father might accidentally shoot the child.The suspect then allegedly took out his revolver, walked over to the tree and shot the child in the head at close range.The seven-year-old Hilma Ndahafa Joseph Hishidimbwa was rushed to the Oshakati State hospital, and died yesterday at 08h35.The incident took place at Oneheke village in the Okalongo constituency.The woman told him to stop shooting because her child was sitting on the other side of the tree and she was afraid that her father might accidentally shoot the child.The suspect then allegedly took out his revolver, walked over to the tree and shot the child in the head at close range.The seven-year-old Hilma Ndahafa Joseph Hishidimbwa was rushed to the Oshakati State hospital, and died yesterday at 08h35.The incident took place at Oneheke village in the Okalongo constituency.
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