‘No Butcher suspect arrested’

THE Namibian Police yesterday denied that they had arrested a man suspected of being the B1 Butcher – a possible serial killer who is believed to have murdered a number of women whose dismembered bodies have been discarded at various places over the last three years.

Rumours yesterday circulated throughout the country that a man, allegedly a butcher by profession, had been arrested at Okahandja in connection with the series of crimes. Upon enquiry, however, Police spokesperson Chief Inspector Angula Amulungu denied the reports as “a total lie”.Various enquiries had been made to his office to verify the false rumour, he said.Police have not yet been able to say with certainty whether a serial killer is responsible for the deaths of a number of women who have all been found dead in similar fashion since 2005.Three of these murdered women had been decapitated before their remains were dumped, piece by piece, next to a road in different parts of the country.The most recent victim is Jacoba Olivier, whose head and forearms were found in a black plastic refuse bag near the Grootfontein State hospital on Monday morning last week.On Saturday night, a pair of human legs, thought to be part of her remains, were found at a lay-by near Grootfontein.Upon enquiry, however, Police spokesperson Chief Inspector Angula Amulungu denied the reports as “a total lie”.Various enquiries had been made to his office to verify the false rumour, he said. Police have not yet been able to say with certainty whether a serial killer is responsible for the deaths of a number of women who have all been found dead in similar fashion since 2005.Three of these murdered women had been decapitated before their remains were dumped, piece by piece, next to a road in different parts of the country.The most recent victim is Jacoba Olivier, whose head and forearms were found in a black plastic refuse bag near the Grootfontein State hospital on Monday morning last week.On Saturday night, a pair of human legs, thought to be part of her remains, were found at a lay-by near Grootfontein.

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