Gas bottle explodes, woman burned alive

A 28-year-old resident of Noordoewer, Noriet Sambi, burned to death on Friday when a gas bottle exploded.

Police spokesperson Sergeant Stephan Nuuye told The Namibian that Sambie reportedly opened the gas bottle and then went to look for a matches. “When she returned and lit a match the whole place caught alight, killing her,” he said.The deceased’s boyfriend sustained burn wounds when he tried to rescue her.Police at Keetmanshoop are investigating a case of housebreaking after goods valued at N$62 000 were stolen from a nearby farm house between Thursday and Saturday.Nuuye said thieves gained access to the main house at farm Kochena through the window, before breaking the door to the dining room where they found a bundle of keys, including those of the safe.A portable CD player, 30 CDs, jewellery, two pistols, two revolvers, clothes and groceries were stolen.Police suspect that the farm owner Edward Foster was absent when the crime was committed.A suspect was arrested after breaking into the Eenfonyo cuca shop at Okatsiidihi village on Friday evening around 23h00 and forced Paulina Naango Angula to part with N$736 in cash.Only N$615 was recovered when the man was apprehended.An informal businesswoman was robbed at gunpoint by four men in Windhoek’s Wanaheda suburb on Saturday afternoon.Susan Sheehama was robbed of cash and her cellphone.According to the Police, Sheehama, who sells kapana fish, was severely beaten.”When she returned and lit a match the whole place caught alight, killing her,” he said.The deceased’s boyfriend sustained burn wounds when he tried to rescue her.Police at Keetmanshoop are investigating a case of housebreaking after goods valued at N$62 000 were stolen from a nearby farm house between Thursday and Saturday.Nuuye said thieves gained access to the main house at farm Kochena through the window, before breaking the door to the dining room where they found a bundle of keys, including those of the safe.A portable CD player, 30 CDs, jewellery, two pistols, two revolvers, clothes and groceries were stolen.Police suspect that the farm owner Edward Foster was absent when the crime was committed. A suspect was arrested after breaking into the Eenfonyo cuca shop at Okatsiidihi village on Friday evening around 23h00 and forced Paulina Naango Angula to part with N$736 in cash.Only N$615 was recovered when the man was apprehended.An informal businesswoman was robbed at gunpoint by four men in Windhoek’s Wanaheda suburb on Saturday afternoon.Susan Sheehama was robbed of cash and her cellphone.According to the Police, Sheehama, who sells kapana fish, was severely beaten.