OBSERVER COASTAL | Second suicide in days rocks Swakopmund

Renthia Kaimbi Two separate suicide incidents within days of each other have shaken the coastal town, with the Erongo regional police confirming both cases. Swakopmund resident Barbara Ludwig was found deceased in her vehicle in Kramersdorp suburb on Tuesday, after having been missing since earlier during the day. She is believed to have ended her life by shooting herself with a firearm.

Sources claimed that a suicide note she left, presumably at her home, led her loved ones to phone the police, giving a description of the vehicle she was driving. Members of the Swakopmund Neighbourhood Watch spotted the vehicle and, upon closer inspection, found Ludwig deceased with a single gunshot wound to the her head not far from her vehicle. As far as they could establish, the gunshot wound was self-inflicted.