Angolan man shot by security guard

THE Police at Oshakati are investigating a case in which an 18-year-old man was shot and wounded in the leg while allegedly breaking into a shop on Monday night The Police Commander for Oshana Region, Deputy Commissioner Josef Anghuwo, says Kalu Rudolf, an Angolan citizen, was shot by a security guard in the Frans Indongo shopping centre.

Rudolf is in a stable condition in the Oshakati State Hospital. Two weeks ago, two other men, Hofni Hamushila (27) and Simon Nghiwana, an Angolan national, were shot dead by a security guard at the Game shopping centre after trying to rob a Chinese shop there.Two days later, Josef Shindile (31) from Omahenene informal settlement in Oshakati was shot and wounded in the leg after he allegedly robbed a man of his money bag in the town’s open market.Another young man was shot dead at the Ongwediva Trade Fair Centre during a dance in December last year.The man was shot after he forcibly entered the dance hall without paying the N$40 entrance fee.The security guard has been arrested and charged with murder.Two weeks ago, two other men, Hofni Hamushila (27) and Simon Nghiwana, an Angolan national, were shot dead by a security guard at the Game shopping centre after trying to rob a Chinese shop there.Two days later, Josef Shindile (31) from Omahenene informal settlement in Oshakati was shot and wounded in the leg after he allegedly robbed a man of his money bag in the town’s open market.Another young man was shot dead at the Ongwediva Trade Fair Centre during a dance in December last year.The man was shot after he forcibly entered the dance hall without paying the N$40 entrance fee.The security guard has been arrested and charged with murder.

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