/ 9 May 2001

TROOPS ARRESTED AFTER ARSON THREATS

FOUR Angolan soldiers were arrested at the weekend after they allegedly threatened to burn down villages in the Mukwe constituency in the Kavango Region, the Namibia Press Agency reported on Monday. Regional councillor for the Mukwe constituency, John Thighuru, called on villagers to report Angolan soldiers loitering and threatening people to Namibian security forces. Thighuru was reacting to the arrest of four uniformed Angolan army members in separate incidents. Thighuru said one of soldiers allegedly threatened to burn down a villager’s hut at Poppa village, about 210km east of Rundu. – AFP