Suicide, murder, accidents claim 4

The Police yesterday reported four deaths over the weekend.On Friday afternoon, 30-year-old Stefanus Jafet hanged himself with a rope in his sleeping hut.

The incident occurred at Omalungwandjamba village in the Ombalantu area. * Forty-year-old Helta Niita Sheehama from Okashiya village in the Ongandjera area hanged herself in her sleeping hut on Saturday.* At Rehoboth, Heinrich Cloete was fatally stabbed in the chest on Saturday afternoon.Although the suspect is known, he is yet to be arrested.* A silver Renault was hit from behind and overturned at the corner of Sam Nujoma Drive and Daan Viljoen Road in the early hours of Sunday morning.One person, who has yet to be identified, died on the spot.* In an armed robbery in Wanaheda on Sunday morning, 33-year-old Matheus Petrus was robbed of a cellphone and N$1 700 in cash.Although two shots were fired at him, he was not hit.The three suspects, one of them armed, have not yet been arrested.* Forty-year-old Helta Niita Sheehama from Okashiya village in the Ongandjera area hanged herself in her sleeping hut on Saturday. * At Rehoboth, Heinrich Cloete was fatally stabbed in the chest on Saturday afternoon.Although the suspect is known, he is yet to be arrested. * A silver Renault was hit from behind and overturned at the corner of Sam Nujoma Drive and Daan Viljoen Road in the early hours of Sunday morning. One person, who has yet to be identified, died on the spot. * In an armed robbery in Wanaheda on Sunday morning, 33-year-old Matheus Petrus was robbed of a cellphone and N$1 700 in cash.Although two shots were fired at him, he was not hit. The three suspects, one of them armed, have not yet been arrested.

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