A 45-year-old man died instantly after allegedly eating two pieces of meat at a cucashop at Ndama location in Rundu of the Kavango East Region on Thursday.

A crime report issued on Friday by the Namibian Police Force (NamPol) said the man allegedly found people known to him eating cooked meat commonly known as kapana and was offered two pieces by a person allegedly related to him, before he started coughing and collapsed and died on the spot.

The report said the incident happened at about 14h30 and the deceased, Joseph Ruvundo was declared dead at the scene by a nurse with his cause of death yet to be determined via a post-mortem.

His next of kin have been informed and the body was transported to Rundu State Hospital mortuary.

Meanwhile, Namibian national Wayera Hamutenya, 68, was found dead with multiple injuries on her back, chest and head at Nserengani village in Angola where she went to catch fish in the river on Wednesday.

The police said the deceased was a resident of Kasivi village in Kavango West and left for Angola by canoe on Wednesday at about to 13h00, accompanied by her nine-year-old grandchild to catch fish on the Angolan side of the river.

The pensioner allegedly left the grandchild on the bank of the river to set up her traps for fish several metres away.

“According to the grandchild, it got late and as the grandmother took too long to return, the grandchild paddled the canoe and crossed the river and went home. The grandchild reported the matter and the family returned that evening to look for Hamutenya and discovered her body with multiple injuries on her back, chest and head,” said the report.

It noted that injuries observed on the deceased’s body suggests that she might have been attacked and bitten multiple times by an aggressive hippopotamus which was still seen around the same area.

The police said the incident occurred in Angola and was attended to by Angolan police officers and NamPol officers, noting the body was handed over to NamPol and transported to Rundu hospital’s mortuary.

“The next of kin of the deceased are informed. Police investigations from both sides continue,” it said.

Source: The Namibian Press Agency