Three charged in mob violence case in North

FIVE of the eight people arrested by the Police in connection with a mob attack on Lukas Ndahomenwa (Kududa) on August 8 have been released.

The other three have been charged with assaulting Ndahomenwa, NamPol Liaison Officer Samuel Hamukonda told The Namibian on Monday. They are Saima Phillemon (40), Ndapewoshali Johannes (38) and Paulus Kalyenya (54), all from Oshoopala.Ndahomenwa (35) was nearly beaten to death by a group of people from Oshoopala who accused him of poisoning Kamboy ka Mweupilika, also from Oshoopala, who died in the Oshakati State Hospital on August 5.The arrest of the eight angered other Oshoopala residents and they marched to the Oshakati Police Station on Wednesday last week to demand their release, but the Police chased them away.They are Saima Phillemon (40), Ndapewoshali Johannes (38) and Paulus Kalyenya (54), all from Oshoopala.Ndahomenwa (35) was nearly beaten to death by a group of people from Oshoopala who accused him of poisoning Kamboy ka Mweupilika, also from Oshoopala, who died in the Oshakati State Hospital on August 5.The arrest of the eight angered other Oshoopala residents and they marched to the Oshakati Police Station on Wednesday last week to demand their release, but the Police chased them away.

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