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Police document 11 fatalities, four injuries in past week

Author: Michael Daniel | Published: January 14, 2025

South Sudan’s new police spokesman Colonel John Kassara Koang Nhial speaks during a handover ceremony in Juba on Wednesday, August 21, 2024. [Photo by Sudans Post]

The South Sudan Police Service has reported 11 loss of lives including two women, and four injuries related to gang violence and cattle raids across the country during the past week.

The criminal cases and social violence were recorded in various locations from 7-12 January 2025.

Colonel. John Kasara Koang Nhial, spokesperson for the South Sudan Police Service, highlighted this while stating that the general security situation across the country remains relatively calm

Colonel Kasara said 45-year-old man was killed in Deri village near Jebel-Ladu on 7th January. The suspect surrendered and is under investigation.

According to police official, a gang violence in the Bentiu Internally Displaced Persons’ camp on 7th January resulted in the death of a 21-year-old man.

On the same day, a 14-year-old boy was shot and injured in Narus grazing land.

In Gogrial East County of Warrap state, a 36-year-old man was killed on 8th of January in appeared was revenge-related attack.

The police spokesperson said in upper Nile, a 55-year-old man was killed in Nasir County during a fight between two youths. A 34-year-old suspect has been arrested.

Meanwhile, a 35-year-old man was injured in Kuda, Juba County, during a cattle movement on 8th January and

On 9th January, a 26-year-old man was shot and injured in Lologo 2, Khorwilliam, during a motorcycle robbery.

On 11th January, unknown criminals killed three people in Dolanga village, Aliny County and two people were killed, and two others injured in a cattle raid in in the same county the following day.

A 17-year-old boy was shot in the leg in Abyei town on 12th January.

A raid on 12th January in Aliny County resulted in the theft of 518 cattle, which the SSPDF successfully retrieved.

In another incident, the body of a 66-year-old Sudanese man was found near the UNMISS camp in Malakal. His death is suspected to be cholera-related.

Col. Kasara said the South Sudan Police Service will continue investigations into these cases, and maintain vigilance to ensure public safety.

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