Family assaulted and robbed on farm outside Keetmanshoop

Members of the Namibian Police Force (NamPol) at Keetmanshoop are looking for four suspects that allegedly assaulted and robbed a couple and their 11-year-old daughter at a farm on Tuesday morning. NamPol crime investigations coordinator for the ||Kharas Region, Deputy Commissioner Nikodemus Mbango in a crime report Wednesday night said the incident happened on Tuesday morning around 02h00 at a plot outside Keetmanshoop. It is alleged that four suspects broke into the victims' house through a kitchen widow, went up to the couple's bedroom, where they attacked the victims (mother and father) and during the commotion, the daughter managed to alert the neighbours. 'While they were wrestling with the husband, he managed to push them out of the bedroom and locked the door. The suspected robbers forced the door open, and when they realised that the victim was pushing the door from inside, the suspects started shooting through the door and managed to gain entrance to the bedroom,' Mbango said. They then tied up the man with wire, said Mbango. He added that after a short while, a neighbour arrived at the house, and when the suspects noticed the presence of the neighbour, they fired at him, and he also fired a shot back. The suspects then fled the crime scene with stolen items. They got away with a Lenovo laptop, an iPhone and jewellery, all valued at N.dollars 79 000. Police processed the crime scene and found a panga, iron bar, four spent cartridges and one projectile believed to have been fired from a pistol possibly belonging to the suspects. No one was injured during the shooting. The report said the suspects' footprints were followed and two were picked up by a vehicle while the other two went up to Tseiblaagte Extension 7 (|Gereres) residential area, at Keetmanshoop. 'The vehicle that picked up the two suspects was traced, and the driver is detained for questioning and two of the suspects became known but are not arrested,' said Mbango. Meanwhile, Mbango said police are yet to apprehend the three suspected that allegedly tied-up and robbed a 61-year-old man at his farm in the Bethanie district on Saturday. 'No arrest has been made so far, and the public is requested to assist in providing information, especially about someone selling or in possession of a solar pump which may lead to the apprehension of the suspects,' the deputy commissioner urged. Source: The Namibia News Agency