1 Killed And 2 Injured In A Bizarre Robbery In Wau One person was killed and two others seriously injured yesterday in a Jaw main market based mobile phone shop in Wau by unknown assailant wearing military uniform.16 June 2011 WBGS officials at the crime scene in Jaw market [©Gurtong]By James Deng Dimo WAU, 16th June, 2011 [Gurtong] - One person was killed and two others seriously injured yesterday in a Jaw main market based mobile phone shop in Wau by unknown assailant wearing military uniform.
According to an eye witness, the robber who appeared in military uniform came to the shop and asked for a mobile phone handset like a regular client. When the new handset was handed to him, the man began walking away without paying for it. When the shopkeeper asked him for money, he immediately shot him at close range to death by an Ak47 gun model. The robber soon revealed himself as the killer in a bizarre twist; he then started firing bullets aimlessly at everyone who was near him in the open air Jaw market as a result injuring injures two others. A police officer identified as Lual Agany who heard and responded to the gun shots from the nearest police station in the market was shot in the scuffle, while a 15 years old boy was also shot on the leg. According to unidentified security source that apprehended the robber; the man appeared from nowhere but alleged to have inhaled opium as a bundle of the substance was starched in his small handbag that also carried some bullets. State officials confirmed that the incident dint have any military involvement but the thief just impersonated the army by wearing similar uniform and holding an AK47 that might have been stolen from elsewhere. Mr. Abraham Manyuat, the State commissioner of police who visited the crime scene along with the acting Western Bahr el Ghazal Governor, Hon. Peter Miskin and Wau County commissioner, Angelo Taban, said that clam had returned to normal and assured the public during his speech at Jaw main market that thorough investigations was under way. “Policemen and military police have been deployed along the market to do a night patrol around the market for any attempted night robberies,” said Mr. Abraham Manyuat. Manyuat described the incident as criminal and demanded the authorities to make sure that the killer appeared in court for trial. Posted in: Home -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
