A 32-year-old man from Sikondo village is recovering from an injury after he was shot by a member of the Namibian Police Force last Thursday at Rundu. According to Kavango East regional crime investigations coordinator, Deputy Commissioner Bonifasius Kanyetu, the victim was allegedly shot when a suspected thief moved into a crowd of people. “Andreas Hamutenya was allegedly shot when a shoplifter went into the crowd after shoplifting in a clothing shop,” said Kanyetu. He said the police officer, who was on duty, was alerted and fired a warning shot in an attempt to scare off the shoplifter, resulting in the bullet hitting Hamutenya. “While I was coming out of the shop, I felt something hit me. A lady then started to shout that I was shot. She took me and stopped a taxi that brought me to the hospital,” remembered Hamutenya when Nampa visited him in the hospital on Saturday. The bullet tore through his left elbow and fractured a bone. The alleged shoplifter was later arrested and taken into custody and was expected to appear in the Rundu Magistrate’s Court on Monday. A case of attempted murder was opened against the police officer and investigations are underway. After the investigations are done, it will then be sent to the Prosecutor General’s office for a decision on the way forward, Kanyetu said.