COPPS 94.1 started of slowly, but as the night progressed it picked up momentum to such an extend that our last call before midnight we attended a murder.

COPPS 94.1 was honored to be accompanied by the City Police's Canadian Counterparts. The delegation of four is on a short visit to Namibia to see how the two polices forces can cooperate and ensure that crime does not spiral out of proportion. 

 Although the night started of with little incidents COPPS attended during the last two hours to two serious cases that needed the City Police's attention. Shortly after 23h00 we were called out to a serious accidents involved several vehicles in Cimbabasia residential area. According to eye witnesses the driver of a white bakkie fled the scene after his vehicle veered of the road and landed on it's side. The passenger was seriously injured and treated by Paramedics on the scene before taken to hospital. The driver of a truck who stopped to assist at the scene had a mishap himself after his truck rammed through a boundary wall resulting in serious damages to the property, while his truck was slightly damaged. According to the man the truck who was parked on the side of the road handbrakes failed. 

In a separate incident a man was stabbed with an unknown object in Katutura's Havanah's informal settlement. The police arrived at the scene and cordoned the scene of crime. The suspect who is known to the community was arrested shortly after the murder. It is expected he will appear in court tomorrow. 

Paramedics attended to the injured
after the bakkie he was a passenger in left
the road and landed on it's side. The driver allegedly
fled the scene.

The damages the truck caused after a handbrake
failure. The driver of the truck stopped to assist
the accident victims when his truck rammed through
the wall. 

The body of the unknown man stabbed to death. 

Onlookers stared in silence and awe as
the suspect was arrested and taken to prison by
the City Police

Pictures : Lotteringnews.
Camera SAMSUNG NX 100