NSHR calls for an independent probe

THE National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) has called for an independent investigation to be launched into the circumstances surrounding the alleged suicide of Lazarus Kandara.

The NSHR said that assuming media reports were accurate “herein lie all our suspicions”. “If Kandara indeed pointed a gun at the Police officers [outside the Police station], how come the Police failed to shoot him in self-defence? “Put alternatively, what was the point behind Kandara aiming his weapon at the Police without firing a shot if it was his intention to shoot? “Furthermore, how did he manage to get time to shoot himself during the scuffle with well-trained Police officers? “If the bullet entered his heart and exited his lower back, then this suggests that Kandara might have been bending forward.Otherwise the bullet could not enter his heart and egress at his lower back since the heart and the lower back are not at the same level and the bullet travels at right angles.(*) “If he wanted to commit suicide, why did he wait until the scuffle with the Police in order to kill himself? Why did he not kill himself right there in his home where he got the gun from in the first place?” In order to avoid further mysterious deaths of this nature, NSHR Executive Director Phil ya Nangoloh said he was calling upon NamPol to provide immediate physical protection to all the people involved in the SSC-AIC (Avid Investment Corporation) High Court inquiry.”This is especially the case with Acting Judge Raymond Heathcote, SSC legal counsel Andrew Corbett, former SSC Financial and Administration Manager Avril Green and Ms.Christophine Kandara as well as all the prime suspects in the SSC-AIC scandal,” Ya Nangoloh recommended.(*) On the trajectory of the bullet, medical sources have indicated that where the bullet exited would have depended on whether it struck bone or not.”If Kandara indeed pointed a gun at the Police officers [outside the Police station], how come the Police failed to shoot him in self-defence? “Put alternatively, what was the point behind Kandara aiming his weapon at the Police without firing a shot if it was his intention to shoot? “Furthermore, how did he manage to get time to shoot himself during the scuffle with well-trained Police officers? “If the bullet entered his heart and exited his lower back, then this suggests that Kandara might have been bending forward.Otherwise the bullet could not enter his heart and egress at his lower back since the heart and the lower back are not at the same level and the bullet travels at right angles.(*) “If he wanted to commit suicide, why did he wait until the scuffle with the Police in order to kill himself? Why did he not kill himself right there in his home where he got the gun from in the first place?” In order to avoid further mysterious deaths of this nature, NSHR Executive Director Phil ya Nangoloh said he was calling upon NamPol to provide immediate physical protection to all the people involved in the SSC-AIC (Avid Investment Corporation) High Court inquiry.”This is especially the case with Acting Judge Raymond Heathcote, SSC legal counsel Andrew Corbett, former SSC Financial and Administration Manager Avril Green and Ms.Christophine Kandara as well as all the prime suspects in the SSC-AIC scandal,” Ya Nangoloh recommended.(*) On the trajectory of the bullet, medical sources have indicated that where the bullet exited would have depended on whether it struck bone or not.