Inmate stabbed 13 times in Keetmanshoop holding cells

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2025-03-12

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KEETMANSHOOP, 12 MAR (NAMPA) - The police at Keetmanshoop are investigating a case of attempted murder after a trial-awaiting inmate was allegedly stabbed in the holding cells by fellow inmates.
The Namibian Police Force’s Crime Investigations Coordinator for the ||Kharas Region, deputy commissioner Nicodemus Mbango, told Nampa on Tuesday the victim has been identified as 26-year-old Petrus Tack.
According to Mbango, Tack was arrested on Monday...

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