Armed bandits killed two Namibians and wounded another during an attack on Ngone village about 25 km east of the northern Namibian town of Rundu, ‘The Namibian’ said on Monday.
According to the report, the attack happened early on Friday morning. The newspaper quoted the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) in Namibia as alleging that the attackers were members of the Angolan army, Namibian mercenaries and soldiers dressed in uniforms from the Namibian army.
The NSHR said that residents were rounded up and told to produce their identity documents. It said that some of the residents were taken to the banks of the Kavango river, where two of them were shot dead.
‘The Namibian’ said that Namibian security forces who visited the area said that the attackers used R1 and G3 rifles - weapons not associated with the Angolan army. It said that Friday’s attack was the third in the Kavango region since last Monday.
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