Policewoman’s killer still on the run

BY yesterday afternoon, Police had not yet been able to trace the murderer of 39-year-old Theopartiu Harakuta, a Police officer who was found dead at her home in Katutura on Tuesday afternoon.

Harakuta’s body was found in her bedroom. She had been stabbed in the chest and her throat had been cut, Police reported.Although Police spokesperson Warrant Officer James Matengu did not confirm a suspect yesterday, family and community members are suspecting her boyfriend of the crime.Matengu said that the man, a taxi driver, had disappeared on the same date that Harakuta’s body was found, and that his car had been found next to the Goreangab Dam that night.Matengu said that, according to family members, the man had regularly beaten up the deceased.* Also on Tuesday at around 22h00, a man was attacked and cut with a saw blade at a cuca shop at Outapi.The victim sustained injuries to his face, chest and shoulders.The suspect was arrested on Wednesday on charges of attempted murder.* Police are investigating the cause of death of a 53-year-old woman from Okatope.Anna Andreas was found dead in her bedroom in a village near the northern town.She had been stabbed in the chest and her throat had been cut, Police reported.Although Police spokesperson Warrant Officer James Matengu did not confirm a suspect yesterday, family and community members are suspecting her boyfriend of the crime.Matengu said that the man, a taxi driver, had disappeared on the same date that Harakuta’s body was found, and that his car had been found next to the Goreangab Dam that night.Matengu said that, according to family members, the man had regularly beaten up the deceased.* Also on Tuesday at around 22h00, a man was attacked and cut with a saw blade at a cuca shop at Outapi.The victim sustained injuries to his face, chest and shoulders.The suspect was arrested on Wednesday on charges of attempted murder.* Police are investigating the cause of death of a 53-year-old woman from Okatope.Anna Andreas was found dead in her bedroom in a village near the northern town.