Human rights monitors in the Kavango region reported...
Human rights monitors in the Kavango region reported that three drunken Oshiwambo-speaking members of the Special Field Force (SFF) allegedly shot and killed Kangere Kanjenje, 31
Human rights monitors in the Kavango region reported that three drunken Oshiwambo-speaking members of the Special Field Force (SFF) allegedly shot and killed Kangere Kanjenje, 31.
The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) said in a media release that the incident took place in Mayara village, and some 135 km east of Rundu, the regional capital.
Kanjenje was accused of wearing a SWATF (South West Africa Territory Force) T-shirt, NSHR said.
SFF members told him that they had already warned him several times about the said T-shirt, the release said. "A shot rang out and Kanjenje died instantly," it charged.
Before Namibian independence, SWATF fought alongside the apartheid-controlled South Africa Defence [Force] against SWAPO's People's Liberation [Army] of Namibia (PLAN). Former PLAN members predominantly make up the SFF, the release said.
In October 2001, NSHR said, a frenzied Oshiwambo speaking soldier of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF), summarily executed Libwere Shampapi (31), another Kavango man, for "making noise" by playing traditional drums.
The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) said in a media release that the incident took place in Mayara village, and some 135 km east of Rundu, the regional capital.
Kanjenje was accused of wearing a SWATF (South West Africa Territory Force) T-shirt, NSHR said.
SFF members told him that they had already warned him several times about the said T-shirt, the release said. "A shot rang out and Kanjenje died instantly," it charged.
Before Namibian independence, SWATF fought alongside the apartheid-controlled South Africa Defence [Force] against SWAPO's People's Liberation [Army] of Namibia (PLAN). Former PLAN members predominantly make up the SFF, the release said.
In October 2001, NSHR said, a frenzied Oshiwambo speaking soldier of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF), summarily executed Libwere Shampapi (31), another Kavango man, for "making noise" by playing traditional drums.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Nampa news agency web site monitored by BBC, 06/02/2002)