NAMIBIAN Police regional commander in the Ohangwena region, Commissioner Armas Shivute, has warned that his officers will arrest anybody who fires gunshots in the air in celebration or in mourning.
"We are going to arrest anybody who is found shooting with a firearm at a gathering of mourners, or a wedding party in our region," Shivute said sternly in an interview with Nampa on Tuesday following a report that a 58-year-old man, Ambrosius Shikololo, was shot and injured in the lower back while mourning his uncle's death by shots fired in the air at about 18h00 on Monday.
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