Gibeon police probed overassault

Four Gibeon police officers are under investigation for allegedly assaulting three civilians on Saturday following a public dispute regarding Liquor Act violations in the Hardap region.

One of the civilians has been transferred from Mariental State Hospital to Katutura Intermediate Hospital in Windhoek due to possible kidney and head injuries.

Hardap police crime investigations coordinator Theodore Kutongondo says the involved officers reportedly warned the civilians against drinking in public as per the provisions of the Liquor Act, upon which an argument broke out.

“There were reportedly two officers when the argument broke out.

But it is reported that the two officers drove back to the station to increase their manpower and brought an additional two officers to beat up the three civilians,” he says.