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Autopsy Settlement IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING - READ THE NAMIBIAN AND FOCUS! ' UN colours of blue and white will be raised at border points from n~on today UNITED Nations nags of blue and white will ny at designated assembly points on the Namibian border from noon today. The assembly points will facilitate the return of Swapo fighters to Angola, according to a statement yesterday by Mr MarttiAhtisaari, UN Special Representative to Namibia. Meanwhile at a press conference out of Namibia within 72 hours was last night it was said that a series of 'prearranged to facilitate decisions' tripartite agreements among Angola, taken by the Joint Commission at the Cuba and South Africa had made it weekend. He declined to elaborate possible to salvage United Nations further. Security Council Resolution 435 con­ The consensus of the Commission cerning Namibian independence. The was that435 should get back on track outgoing United States expert on within a week or so. Once the agreed Africa, Dr Chester Crocker, said that assembly posts for guerrillas in Untag was not to blamefor the break­ Namibia had beer.. established and down of the peace accord as the related logistics laid on, the Admin­ scenario would have been much worse istrator General, Mr Louis Pienaar, if large contingents of UN peacekeep­ and the Special Representative of the <, ing forces had been caught in the UN, Mr Marui Ahtisaari, 'will de­ crossfire of the fighting sides. cide when to restart the clock' for the HOPEFULLY, a ceasefire will come into operation by April 15, preventing any more tragic deaths in Speaking at a press conference countdown to Namibian independ- .fighting on Namibian soil. Above .. ~ombatants buried ill a mass grave at Ondeshifilwa in the far north. - ence. _ '. ,,- _.~.<.J..;;r.- 1 before his departure from Namibia, '/. , Dr Crocker, who attended delibera­ Mr Pienaar said earlier that plans tions at Mount Etjo in Namibia at the were underway to guarantee the safe weekend among the three countries conduct of Swapo fighters and he MiSSing nightwatchman to re-establish a cessation of hostili­ was hopeful they would all be es­ ties, said that 'the worst of the storm' , corted back to bases north of the 16th has been weathered'. parallel inside Angola by April 15. Dr Crocker said without the final In terms of the most recent Mount peace accord oflast December 22, it Etjo Accord, the fighters are to re­ in military hospital would have been impossible to de­ main in their bases for the first six fuse the situation at short notice. weeks. In the next three weeks, fight­ By Rajah Munamava -------~----­ Dr Crocker, known as the architect ers who want to do so may lay down THE search for the Qmege night watchman in the Uukwambi area who was forcibly removed from his of linkage between a Cuban troop their anns and return to Namibia workplace at gun point by Defence Force members on the early morning hours of last Tuesday ended withdrawal from Angola and Na­ through designated entry points. at the weekend with the discovery of the man at a military hospital in Ondangwa with an amputated mibian independence, said in obvi­ Mr Ahtisaari said the initial as­ leg. ous justification of his policy that sembly points would be operational negotiations last year by SA, Cuba by noon today. The posts would be Mr Erastus Kuushomwa, together A Captain Louw at the army base him about a white Ford bakkie that and Angola, produced the joint visible in the Namibian bush, coloured with another watchman, Paulus Johan­ in Oshakati told Mr Thomas when had unloaded Swapo guerrillas in the commission to deal with disputes. the blue and white of the UN flag. nes, were rounded up by about 50 invited to come with them to Omege vicinity. He said Swapo had been guests of Meanwhile Sapa reports that from white uniformed soldiers and held at to inspect the damage caused to their He had denied knowledge of the the Angolan government in the or­ northern Namibia, news of the agree­ gunpoint before the soldiers broke property that he would not accom­ matter upon which he was he was ganisation's fight against South Af­ ment allowing the fighters safe pas­ into several cucashops which the men pany them to Omege because there beaten up, kicked and and told to run rican control of Namibia, but Swapo sage to Angola, had not yet fIltered were guarding and removed goods were' 'terrorists". away. now had to respect the wishes of its through to the rank and file of police worth thousands of rands. According to Mr Thomas the sol­ He had refused to and more blows hosts who had made it abundantly and army units who have been fight­ After this action, the soldiers es­ dier said he would not travel to Omege landed onto his body with orders to clear that they remained committed ing the insurgents. Soldiers said they corted Mr Kuushomwa into some because according to his information run away. to their obligations to SA and Cuba. were aware of a 'sort of a ceasefire' bush nearby and nothing was seen of there were "terrorists" between He was then dragged back to his He said he believed Mr Sam but they were w~iting for clarity and him until this weekend at an On­ Omege and Oshakati and that it was room and ordered to run away from Nujoma's call on combatants to pull further instructions. dangwa military hospital. not safe to journey there. there into the dark but still he ques­ A pool of blood was however seen Mr Thomas told The Namibian tioned why he should run away from in nearby bushes by villagers who yesterday by phone that that the Captain his home. wen,t searching for the nightwatch­ had further said the people in Omege One of the soldiers then opened AUTOPSY man last week. could replace the damaged doors of fire, the bullet striking his left leg. He Two men, one a well known busi­ their Cucashops themselves. was taken into one of the vehicles ness personality from Omege, Mr The army man, according to Mr and driven to the Oshakati Military Herbert Thomas called at the Os­ Kuushomwa, conceded to the dam­ base where the amputation on his leg SETTLEMENT hakati Police Station enquiring about age to their shops by the soldiers but be was performed only to transferred A SETTLEMENT in terms of which the bodies of all known Mr Kuushomwa but were referred to said this was 'because of the war'. later to a military hospital at the casualties of recent clashes between members of PLAN and South the Security Branch who in tum re­ Mr Thomas and his companion Ondangwa Airbase where he is pres­ African security forces are to be disinterred for identification and fused to speak to the men. then travelled to the Ondangwa Air­ ently recovering. Mr autopsies, was reached on Friday. Back at the Police station, base to enquire about Mr Kuushomwa. Mr Thomas disclosed that Thomas and his companion were told A soldier allowed the two men into tives of the man were going to The settlement followed an urgent delay. to go and look for the missing man at the base and said to them that there legal action against the soldi application brought by Swapo of Due regard, however, was to be the Ondangwa airbase. was a man with an amputated leg in that the Legal Resource Cen f­ Namibia against the Administrator tak as to the security situation The two "emissaries" from the one of the wards in the military hos­ fice in Ondangwa had already been General, Mr Louis Pienaar, in his prevailing from time to time and the community of Oinege had also gone pital. told of the matter. capacity as representative of the South nature of the terrain where casualties to Oshakati to request senior army Inside the military hospilallay Mr He also said that the people whose African govl;:I1lJllent, and head of have been inflicted in the clashes. personnel to visit their village, the Kuushomwaon a bed with his left leg shops were broken into and their SWAPOL. It was further agreed that the terms scene of the looting last week by a amputated. goods taken would seek recourse The settlement was eventually of the agreement will be communi­ group of soldiers so as to assess the Mr Kuushomwa related to the two through the law. reached following an undertaking by cated to the UN Special Representa­ damage to their property caused by that the soldiers who took him away Defence Headquarters in Wind­ Mr Louis Pienaar to do everything tive for Namibia, Mr Marti Ahtisari, the actions of the soldiers besides on the early morning hours of Tues­ hoek had not atnmented on the matter within his competence to discharge making enquiries about the where­ day last week had driven him to by the time of going to press. his obligation with a minimum of cont. on page 6 abouts of Mr Kuushomwa. nearby bushes where they had asked 2 Tuesday April 11 1989 THE NAMIBIAN 'There must be peace for our children' IT WAS the heaviest fighting. huts." There they remained for five "We put food in those huts for the 98-year-old headman Jonathan hours as the fighting raged around people coming back from exile," Naunayanga had known in the them. says his mother. "But now that is de­ area of Ondeshifiilwa. And being Francina says they knew that Reso­ stroyed. What will we give them now? "We are worried about exiles the first ever person to build a lution 435 had started and thought that peace had arrived.
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