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Angolan soldiers deported

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    Phil ya Nangoloh Director of the Namibian Society for Human Rights (NSHR) told IRIN on Tuesday that two members of the Angolan armed forces who had been arrested by the Namibian police for the murder of two civilians near the Angolan border on 21 July, had since been deported back to Angola.

    Their arrest took place on 24 July at Kasote, 5 km west of Rundu. The two had in their possession uniforms of the Angolan army, ammunition and balaclavas. In a statement dated 23 July the society reported that two people were executed while another one wounded when Angolan government soldiers, pretending to be members of the Namibian security forces, rounded up civilians in the mid-morning hours at the village of Mohopi near the border.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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