Policeman runs amok, shoots two people

AN angry Police officer went on a shooting rampage early yesterday morning, killing one person and seriously injuring another.

Three others “had to run for their lives”, Police spokesman Chief Inspector Angula Amulungu reported in Windhoek yesterday. The incident took place at around 02h00 yesterday in Omongo Street, Katutura.Amulungu said people arrived at Kamsel Shebeen from Goreangab but as they left, the Police officer chased after them and blocked them in Omongo Street.He allegedly accused one of them of having stolen his cellphone and an argument erupted.The Police officer allegedly pulled out his private pistol and shot one person in the chest and another in the abdomen.The person shot in the chest died on the scene while the other is recovering in the Katutura Hospital.Amulungu said the names of the victims could not be released because their relatives had not yet been informed.The Police officer was arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder.The incident took place at around 02h00 yesterday in Omongo Street, Katutura.Amulungu said people arrived at Kamsel Shebeen from Goreangab but as they left, the Police officer chased after them and blocked them in Omongo Street.He allegedly accused one of them of having stolen his cellphone and an argument erupted.The Police officer allegedly pulled out his private pistol and shot one person in the chest and another in the abdomen.The person shot in the chest died on the scene while the other is recovering in the Katutura Hospital.Amulungu said the names of the victims could not be released because their relatives had not yet been informed.The Police officer was arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder.