Tourists robbed at gunpoint

POLICE in Windhoek yesterday reported the first armed robbery since the City Police started patrolling the streets of the capital earlier this year.

Two tourists from Switzerland were held at gunpoint and assaulted by two men in the city centre on Friday afternoon. The tourists were robbed of jewellery, spectacles and a camera, valued at around N$11 000.The suspects are still at large.* The Police also reported that on Friday evening, two men held a 47-year-old man at gunpoint in Windhoek’s Greenwell Matongo suburb, robbing him of a pistol and N$50 in cash.The suspects are still at large.*An eight-year-old boy, Jonael Claasen, is reported to have drowned in a private swimming pool in Rehoboth on Friday afternoon.The tourists were robbed of jewellery, spectacles and a camera, valued at around N$11 000.The suspects are still at large.* The Police also reported that on Friday evening, two men held a 47-year-old man at gunpoint in Windhoek’s Greenwell Matongo suburb, robbing him of a pistol and N$50 in cash.The suspects are still at large.*An eight-year-old boy, Jonael Claasen, is reported to have drowned in a private swimming pool in Rehoboth on Friday afternoon.