A suspected poacher was shot dead over the past weekend, by a member of the anti-poaching unit. 

According to the police weekend crime report, the three male suspects poached a Rhino at farm Okarakua in the  Windhoek district. 

One suspect was shot and killed, another was arrested and the third suspect is still at large. 

The police opened a murder case against the Anti-poaching unit members of Namibia wildlife protection.

The body of the suspect was transported to the Windhoek mortuary for an autopsy to be carried out.