Police arrest suspect in Northern teacher’s murder

POLICE in the North have arrested a man in connection with the murder of a teacher, Wilhelmina Nangula Amukwaya (37), from Otshikushashipya village in the Omusati Region.

Amukwaya’s body was found next to the road outside the village on Friday afternoon. She had been shot in the chest with a shotgun and the bakkie she had been driving was missing.The Acting Police Commander in the Oshana Region, Chief Inspector Golden Naanda, said that a man was arrested at Etunda near Ruacana late on Sunday afternoon.He was expected to appear in the Oshakati Magistrate’s Court yesterday.Omusati Police spokesman Sergeant Linekela Shikongo told The Namibian that the man drove into a Police roadblock near Etunda in a Toyota bakkie believed to belong to the murdered teacher.The suspect tried to get away, but got stuck in dense bush and was arrested as he jumped from the bakkie.According to the Police, a shotgun and dried blood were found inside the cabin of the bakkie.The suspect allegedly confessed to the murder.She had been shot in the chest with a shotgun and the bakkie she had been driving was missing.The Acting Police Commander in the Oshana Region, Chief Inspector Golden Naanda, said that a man was arrested at Etunda near Ruacana late on Sunday afternoon.He was expected to appear in the Oshakati Magistrate’s Court yesterday.Omusati Police spokesman Sergeant Linekela Shikongo told The Namibian that the man drove into a Police roadblock near Etunda in a Toyota bakkie believed to belong to the murdered teacher.The suspect tried to get away, but got stuck in dense bush and was arrested as he jumped from the bakkie.According to the Police, a shotgun and dried blood were found inside the cabin of the bakkie.The suspect allegedly confessed to the murder.

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