SSC man takes own life

THE former deputy Chairman of the Social Security Commission’s Board of Commissioners, Dirk Sobotta, committed suicide at his farm in the Okahandja district last week Monday, the Police report.

Sobotta (40) allegedly shot himself at his house. The Police reported that no foul play was suspected.Sobotta is survived by two daughters.* At Omaruru, 56-year-old Allen Walter Sole was found dead in his car.It is suspected that he suffocated himself sometime between Sunday and Tuesday.* On Tuesday, 29-year-old Abraham Amudhi allegedly hanged himself in his bedroom at a village at Ondangwa.* A seven-month-old baby, Marco Renden Brandt, choked to death at Aroab last Monday.The infant was apparently trying to swallow a piece of meat.* Fourteen-year old Rebecca Mengela was found dead in her sleeping hut at Okankolo in the Oshana Region.She had been complaining of abdominal pain.The Police are investigating the cause of death.* At Otjiwarongo, 24-year-old Herman Khaubareb was shot in the buttocks last Wednesday.Police reported that his condition was stable.No further details were available.The Police reported that no foul play was suspected.Sobotta is survived by two daughters.* At Omaruru, 56-year-old Allen Walter Sole was found dead in his car.It is suspected that he suffocated himself sometime between Sunday and Tuesday.* On Tuesday, 29-year-old Abraham Amudhi allegedly hanged himself in his bedroom at a village at Ondangwa.* A seven-month-old baby, Marco Renden Brandt, choked to death at Aroab last Monday.The infant was apparently trying to swallow a piece of meat.* Fourteen-year old Rebecca Mengela was found dead in her sleeping hut at Okankolo in the Oshana Region.She had been complaining of abdominal pain.The Police are investigating the cause of death.* At Otjiwarongo, 24-year-old Herman Khaubareb was shot in the buttocks last Wednesday.Police reported that his condition was stable.No further details were available.