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Hi guys,
Hmnnn...This is a story that was written by reporter CHRISPIN INAMBAO from The Namibian http://www.namibian.com.au (Headlines, local news):
Just goes to show how important it is to identify our targets (and what's behind the targets in the field)!! How sad.
Check it out:
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Thursday, June 20, 2002 - Web posted at 9:40:57 am GMT
Shooting tragedy German tourists' Namibian holiday
A CASE of mistaken identity had ghastly consequences on Tuesday when a German tourist was shot dead by a hunting guide who mistook him for a baboon at a farm near Okahandja.
The guide, Ludwig Hoss, committed suicide after he was told he had killed tourist Wilfried Vogel at Oropoko Lodge, some 60 km outside Windhoek.
The tragic events took place at around 17h00. When Hoss realised he had shot a person and not a baboon, he was distraught and drove to the neighbouring Otjizemba Farm where he committed suicide.
In recent weeks, the area around Oropoko has been besieged by troops of baboons in search of food and other commodities.
Hoss, aged 68, was a hunting guide with hunting rights at Oropoko where the tourist was shot dead.
The tragic incident was confirmed by the German Embassy in Windhoek, the Police and a senior employee at Oropoko Lodge.
According to Dieter Duxmann, Deputy Head of Mission at the German Embassy in Windhoek, the deceased only arrived in Namibia with his wife on Tuesday.
On Tuesday afternoon, Vogel went for a stroll as he wanted to see the area surrounding Oropoko and to do some birdwatching.
"The deceased took a walk ... and he was mistaken for an animal and was mistakenly shot dead ... he was on his own," said Duxmann.
After receiving information about the tragic incident, the German Embassy immediately dispatched a two-person team to Oropoko "to get first-hand information and to take care of the widow".
"They [the couple] came to Namibia to spend a vacation here ... she (the widow) will go back [to Germany] on the next possible flight," he added.
Police spokesman Sergeant James Matengu said Hoss went to hunt for baboons with one of his employees.
"He saw a movement in nearby shrubbery. He thought it was one of the baboons that had besieged the farm and he fired towards the movement."
When the worker went to the scene, he was horrified to find that a tourist had been shot. When he conveyed the news to Hoss, the hunting guide drove to a neighbouring farm where he shot himself.
"The owner and the staff of Oropoko Lodge express their heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families of the deceased," said Marliese Maasdorp, the Co-ordinator at Oropoko Lodge.
She described the occurrence as a "tragic hunting accident".
She commended Rescue 911, Rescue 999, the Police, and Pastor Ressmann for the assistance that they rendered during the tragedy.
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Very sad indeed,
Ciao, Matt
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Hmnnn...This is a story that was written by reporter CHRISPIN INAMBAO from The Namibian http://www.namibian.com.au (Headlines, local news):
Just goes to show how important it is to identify our targets (and what's behind the targets in the field)!! How sad.
Check it out:
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Thursday, June 20, 2002 - Web posted at 9:40:57 am GMT
Shooting tragedy German tourists' Namibian holiday
A CASE of mistaken identity had ghastly consequences on Tuesday when a German tourist was shot dead by a hunting guide who mistook him for a baboon at a farm near Okahandja.
The guide, Ludwig Hoss, committed suicide after he was told he had killed tourist Wilfried Vogel at Oropoko Lodge, some 60 km outside Windhoek.
The tragic events took place at around 17h00. When Hoss realised he had shot a person and not a baboon, he was distraught and drove to the neighbouring Otjizemba Farm where he committed suicide.
In recent weeks, the area around Oropoko has been besieged by troops of baboons in search of food and other commodities.
Hoss, aged 68, was a hunting guide with hunting rights at Oropoko where the tourist was shot dead.
The tragic incident was confirmed by the German Embassy in Windhoek, the Police and a senior employee at Oropoko Lodge.
According to Dieter Duxmann, Deputy Head of Mission at the German Embassy in Windhoek, the deceased only arrived in Namibia with his wife on Tuesday.
On Tuesday afternoon, Vogel went for a stroll as he wanted to see the area surrounding Oropoko and to do some birdwatching.
"The deceased took a walk ... and he was mistaken for an animal and was mistakenly shot dead ... he was on his own," said Duxmann.
After receiving information about the tragic incident, the German Embassy immediately dispatched a two-person team to Oropoko "to get first-hand information and to take care of the widow".
"They [the couple] came to Namibia to spend a vacation here ... she (the widow) will go back [to Germany] on the next possible flight," he added.
Police spokesman Sergeant James Matengu said Hoss went to hunt for baboons with one of his employees.
"He saw a movement in nearby shrubbery. He thought it was one of the baboons that had besieged the farm and he fired towards the movement."
When the worker went to the scene, he was horrified to find that a tourist had been shot. When he conveyed the news to Hoss, the hunting guide drove to a neighbouring farm where he shot himself.
"The owner and the staff of Oropoko Lodge express their heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families of the deceased," said Marliese Maasdorp, the Co-ordinator at Oropoko Lodge.
She described the occurrence as a "tragic hunting accident".
She commended Rescue 911, Rescue 999, the Police, and Pastor Ressmann for the assistance that they rendered during the tragedy.
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Very sad indeed,
Ciao, Matt
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