Little progress made in 'muti murder' probe

By: PETROS KUTEEUE

POLICE in the Kavango Region have questioned a middle-aged man in connection with the gruesome murder of a 79-year-old woman whose head was found floating on the Kavango River, but could not obtain information linking him to the suspected muti killing.

Police spokesperson Chief Inspector Hieronymas Goraseb told The

Namibian that the police had received information that the man was

spotted at the scene where the elderly woman is believed to have

been murdered.

"This chap has been interviewed by the police, but at the moment

there is no information to connect him to the murder," stated

Goraseb.

 

"In fact it was only found that the suspect stole some

corrugated iron way back in 2000 and now he has been detained for

that."

 

The Police spokesperson said that law enforcement agents in the

Kavango have not yet made any breakthrough in their massive search

for the rest of the woman's body and for her killers.

 

The elderly woman's head was found at Shadikongoro village near

Mukwe, about 180 kilometres east of Rundu, on Sunday after she

disappeared on New Year's Eve.

 

It is suspected that she was killed for muti (traditional

medicine) purposes.

 

Although she has already been identified by her fellow

villagers, the Police are yet to release her name.

 

"This chap has been interviewed by the police, but at the moment

there is no information to connect him to the murder," stated

Goraseb."In fact it was only found that the suspect stole some

corrugated iron way back in 2000 and now he has been detained for

that."The Police spokesperson said that law enforcement agents in

the Kavango have not yet made any breakthrough in their massive

search for the rest of the woman's body and for her killers.The

elderly woman's head was found at Shadikongoro village near Mukwe,

about 180 kilometres east of Rundu, on Sunday after she disappeared

on New Year's Eve.It is suspected that she was killed for muti

(traditional medicine) purposes.Although she has already been

identified by her fellow villagers, the Police are yet to release

her name.

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