death_date allegiance battles birth_date article_title name
30 november 1986 23px namibia namibian war of independence 16 july 1929 immanuel shifidi
 immanuel hafeni augustus shifidi
immanuel shifidi

immanuel hafeni augustus shifidi -lrb- 16 july 1929 -- 30 november 1986 -rrb- , born in windhoek , was a namibian activist .
he was one of the fighters at omugulugwombashe on 26 august , 1966 when eight helicopters of the south african defence force attacked swapo guerrilla fighters at the camp .
it was the first armed battle in the namibian war of independence .
immanuel shifidi was arrested and tortured after the defeat at omugulugwombashe .
he was convicted under the terrorism act and received a death sentence .
following international pressure the sentence was converted to life in prison at robben island .
he served 18 years of this sentence and was released in december 1985 .
on 30 november 1986 he was assassinated at a swapo rally marking the united nations international year of peace .
