Fugitive shot by Police in Angola

ONE of four prisoners who escaped from the Eenhana Police cells on Sunday was shot dead while trying to run away from the Police in southern Angola on Monday.

The Ohangwena Police commander, Deputy Commissioner Armas Shivute, said the four cut the bars in front of their cell windows on Sunday night and fled across the Angolan border. The Police at Eenhana, accompanied by their Angolan counterparts, followed the jailbreakers to a village called Oshikandi, 50 kilometres inside Angola, the next day.The officers ordered the men to surrender, but only two of them – Stefanus Hangula (38) and Tulinanye Erastus (24) – gave themselves up.The other two – Tuliweni Nakale (28) and Elago Johannes (24) – ran away.Shivute said the Police fired warning shots, but the two fugitives kept running.Nakale was shot dead, but Johannes got away.He was eventually tracked down and arrested at Okeendediva village in southern Angola yesterday morning.The men were awaiting trial on charges ranging from housebreaking and theft to stock theft and rape.The Omusati Police have also reported that the six prisoners who escaped from the Okahao Police station recently, have been re-arrested.* Meanwhile, one more trial-awaiting prisoner managed to escape from Police custody on Saturday.Johannes Nghipulavali (27), a suspect in a stock theft case, escaped from the Ohangwena Police cells on Saturday afternoon, and is still at large.The Police at Eenhana, accompanied by their Angolan counterparts, followed the jailbreakers to a village called Oshikandi, 50 kilometres inside Angola, the next day.The officers ordered the men to surrender, but only two of them – Stefanus Hangula (38) and Tulinanye Erastus (24) – gave themselves up.The other two – Tuliweni Nakale (28) and Elago Johannes (24) – ran away.Shivute said the Police fired warning shots, but the two fugitives kept running.Nakale was shot dead, but Johannes got away.He was eventually tracked down and arrested at Okeendediva village in southern Angola yesterday morning.The men were awaiting trial on charges ranging from housebreaking and theft to stock theft and rape.The Omusati Police have also reported that the six prisoners who escaped from the Okahao Police station recently, have been re-arrested.* Meanwhile, one more trial-awaiting prisoner managed to escape from Police custody on Saturday.Johannes Nghipulavali (27), a suspect in a stock theft case, escaped from the Ohangwena Police cells on Saturday afternoon, and is still at large.