Title:

Suspected poacher shot dead

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Publication Year:
2022
Abstract:

The police in the Khomas region are investigating three cases of murder in which three male persons aged between 24 and 30 were shot dead on Sunday and yesterday. According to the brief reports shared by the police regional community affairs Silas Shipandeni, the police are investigating the matter in which two suspected poachers were shot at Farm Hoffnung No 66, in the Windhoek District on Sunday around 17h00. Shipandeni indicated that an unknown man was fatally wounded and died on the spot while the other one was injured on the left thigh. The confrontation occurred when a 41-year-old man and his workers doing patrol on the farm spotted two strangers and tried to approach the suspects from different directions.

Series Title:
New Era Live
Type:
Newspaper
Item Type:
Report
Language:
en
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