A resident of a village in the Oshana region was hospitalised with serious head injuries on New Year’s Day following a violent altercation involving a panga, bottles and stones at a bar at Ongwediva.<\/p>\n
Petrus Antonio (40) was testing out fireworks at a bar in the Mandume location when four suspects approached him and tried to stop him.<\/p>\n
Oshana police deputy commissioner Fredrick Ndjadila said the initial incident took place on Wednesday night when Antonio refused to stop his fireworks, prompting the suspects to insult him, leading to a physical fight.<\/p>\n
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Keep up with the latest headlines on WhatsApp<\/a> | LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n During the fight, Ndjadila said, Antonio was struck in the face with an empty beer bottle and sustained an open wound.<\/p>\n “It is alleged that one of the suspects attempted to hack Antonio with a panga but failed. Antonio reportedly overpowered the suspect, grabbed the panga and struck one of the suspects on the head in self-defence,” he said.<\/p>\n After the fight, Antonio and the suspects went home to sleep, the police reported.<\/p>\n The following day at about 13h00, Antonio allegedly returned to the bar and met the suspects.<\/p>\n Ndjadila said a fight broke out again, during which Antonio was assaulted with stones, sustaining multiple open wounds on the head.<\/p>\n “He was rushed to Oshakati Intermediate Hospital, where he is admitted and is reported to be in a stable condition,” Ndjadila said.<\/p>\n Ndjadila said one of the suspects later reported to the police at Ongwediva and opened a case of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm against Antonio.<\/p>\n Ndjadila said no arrests were made, investigations are continuing and charges may change as the case develops.<\/p>\n “The complainant held a panga and that is considered an attempted murder,” Ndjadila said.<\/p>\n In an age of information overload, Sunrise is The Namibian’s morning briefing, delivered at 6h00 from Monday to Friday. It offers a curated rundown of the most important stories from the past 24 hours – occasionally with a light, witty touch. It’s an essential way to stay informed. Subscribe and join our newsletter community.<\/p>\n The Namibian uses AI tools to assist with improved quality, accuracy and efficiency, while maintaining editorial oversight and journalistic integrity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A resident of a village in the Oshana region was hospitalised with serious head injuries on New Year’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[63,83,1165,265,262,513,102,96,1166,261,267,264,263,266],"class_list":{"0":"post-4338","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-namibia","8":"tag-africa","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-conflict","11":"tag-current-events","12":"tag-economy","13":"tag-land-and-rural-issues","14":"tag-namibia","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-peace-and-security","17":"tag-politics","18":"tag-southern-africa","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-trade","21":"tag-travel"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}