Namibia: City Centre Shooter Found Unfit for Trial

The man accused of carrying out a fatal shooting in a Windhoek office building in January last year has a mental illness and is not fit to stand trial, two psychiatrists have concluded after examining him.

Simataa Simasiku has schizophrenia, psychiatrists Reinhardt Sieberhagen and Lahija Hamunjela both state in reports filed at the Windhoek High Court.

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