Namibia: Overzealous Police Fatally Shoots Fuel Vendor

8 November 2018

Ongwediva — The police in Oshana Region have not yet made any arrest in the police shooting which claimed the life of 26-year-old Johannes Tatemona Hailume, whose life was cut short allegedly by the police.

Hailume died under a hail of bullets fired by the police, one which struck him on the head and another ripped his stomach - said his grief-stricken family who also said this happened last Friday while he was fueling taxis with smuggled fuel in Ongwediva.

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