Court official gunned down in front of house

AN employee of the Katutura Magistrate’s Court died in hospital on Monday after he was shot in the face earlier that morning.

Donbaldt Nehemia (39), who was known to friends and acquaintances as Don, was shot outside his home in R Ruzo Street in Wanaheda at around 04h20. According to a source close to the victim, it appears that someone had been throwing rocks on his roof while he and his family were sleeping.Nehemia apparently went outside to investigate what was going on only to be shot in the right eye.He was immediately rushed to the emergency unit at the Katutura State Hospital, and died there at around 10h00 that same day.Nehemia’s wife yesterday told The Namibian that the family had been requested to submit statements to the Police on what had happened that night.As a result, she said, the family was not in a position to comment on the incident.Police yesterday confirmed the incident in their daily crime bulletin.They also confirmed that whoever was responsible for Nehemia’s murder was still at large.A source at the Katutura State hospital yesterday said that Nehemia had only recently been discharged from hospital, after being stabbed at his home on August 3.In that case, it was reported that someone had entered his home during the early hours of the morning and stabbed him in the head.Without confirmation from his family, it could not be established whether that incident happened as part of a break-in attempt.According to a source close to the victim, it appears that someone had been throwing rocks on his roof while he and his family were sleeping.Nehemia apparently went outside to investigate what was going on only to be shot in the right eye.He was immediately rushed to the emergency unit at the Katutura State Hospital, and died there at around 10h00 that same day.Nehemia’s wife yesterday told The Namibian that the family had been requested to submit statements to the Police on what had happened that night.As a result, she said, the family was not in a position to comment on the incident.Police yesterday confirmed the incident in their daily crime bulletin.They also confirmed that whoever was responsible for Nehemia’s murder was still at large.A source at the Katutura State hospital yesterday said that Nehemia had only recently been discharged from hospital, after being stabbed at his home on August 3.In that case, it was reported that someone had entered his home during the early hours of the morning and stabbed him in the head.Without confirmation from his family, it could not be established whether that incident happened as part of a break-in attempt.

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