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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6664 TUESDAY 27 JUNE 2017 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
Swakopmund snake park owner survives black mamba bite
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Stuart Hebbard of the Swakopmund snake park was bitten by a black mamba on Saturday afternoon on the upper forehead. Thanks to the quick response time by medical professionals, snake anti-venom was administered to him within 25 minutes after the bite Erwin Leuschner
Thanks to the quick response by medics from E-Med Rescue 24, Dr Wolfgang Tietz; snake expert, Dr Christo Buys, and the nurses at The Cottage Hospital in Swakopmund, Stuart Hebbard, of the local snake park made a quick recovery after being bitten by a black mamba over the weekend, one of Namibia's most venomous snakes. The incident happened at the snake park on Saturday afternoon. “I was feeding the snakes and put a rat into the cage,” Hebbard explained to namib times yesterday. As is his usual routine, Hebbard made sure it was safe to open the cage when he put in the rat. The glass box, where this particular, three meter long mamba is housed, is located quite high. The snake probably smelled the rat and when it saw Hebbard, struck him on the upper forehead once. “I consider myself extremely lucky,” Hebbard said. Continues on Page 2
Dolphin Schools Two baby boys die at the hands of their canoe the infant. The boy had already died. combat own mothers In a second incident on Friday, a 28-year old woErwin Leuschner
Two baby boys died at the coast in the past few days, at the hands of their own mothers. In the first incident last Thursday, a 40-year old mother placed her newborn baby boy in a plastic bag and placed him in a dustbin at Walvis Bay. The mother later admitted to staff at the Walvis Bay State Hospital what she had done. It was too late for
man has been arrested on a charge of child neglect after she allegedly locked her eight months old baby in her shack and left the child unattended for an entire day, resulting in the death of the baby boy. According to deputy commissioner Erastus Iikuyu, police regional crime investigations coordinator for Erongo, the incident occurred at a shack located in Omuramba Street in the DRC-suburb in Swakopmund. It is alleged that the suspect, Martha Continues on Page 2
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Man that jumped off jetty still missing Erwin Leuschner
At the time of going to press yesterday evening the search continued for Shaun Haoseb who allegedly jumped off the Swakopmund jetty at around 04:00 on Sunday in what is believed to have been a suicide. It is believed Haoseb drowned. According to deputy commissioner Erastus Iikuyu,
it is alleged Haoseb [age unknown], in the hours before his apparent suicide, had a quarrel with his girlfriend. He went to the Swakopmund jetty with a friend. Both were under the influence of alcohol. According to this friend, Haoseb allegedly walked to the tip of the jetty and jumped into the ocean. The police, the Sea Rescue Institute of Namibia (SRIN) and members of a security company were Continues on Page 2
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