Over 200 Illegal Firearms Seized In Wau Over 200 illegal firearms and several rounds of ammunition were seized on Friday, after a joint massive disarmament operation by the Western Bahr el Ghazal State security forces, searching house to house in the State Capital Wau. 25 July 2011 Over 200 Illegal Firearms Seized In Wau 210 illegal firearms and several rounds of ammunition seized on display [©Gurtong]
By James Deng Dimo WAU, 25th July, 2011 [Gurtong] - Over 200 illegal firearms and several rounds of ammunition were seized on Friday, after a joint massive disarmament operation by the Western Bahr el Ghazal State security forces, searching house to house in the State Capital Wau. The operation against illegal weapons was launched on Friday by the State unified forces, adopted by SPLA of Division (5), National security agencies, Police forces, Fire brigades and Wildlife forces. 210 hidden AK 47 models and other various gun models were recovered in the operation. In the dramatic statement released on Saturday in Wau stadium by the State Governor, Hon. Rizik Zackaria Hassan in reference to the operation held on Friday, the Governor explained to the officers that during the post – independence phase, Western Bahr el Ghazal State government will mainly focus on security of its entire citizens and stability, service delivery and providing improved living conditions for the people of the Republic of South Sudan. “The operation we have conducted today will reduce unnecessary use of guns, night robbery attempts in Wau and will ensure proper security in the State,” said Hassan. “This is a historical day for the State residents and entire people of South Sudan after the declaration of its independence on 9th July to free the association of civilians from use of illegally possessed guns,” the Governor added. Hassan warned the Special Forces working in the State to restrain themselves from carrying guns unnecessarily within the town if not on assignment or official duty. The special operation came to force as a result of last month’s crimes committed by unknown armed robbers with disturbing murder cases reported during night hours in Wau town alone and looting of properties. In 2009, the Government of South Sudan, GOSS launched a related general massive security operation in all the Ten States of South Sudan. The order was made to inquire and seized tens of thousands of illegal firearms and ammunitions believed to be in the hands of civilians, feared to be backing tribal clashes and cattle raid among the South Sudanese communities. The operation managed to recover a good numbers of AK 47 gun models, pistols, several rounds of ammunitions and opium but more complains were raised later that during the process, a lot of people were robbed of their cash by the officers. The collected firearms in Wau were assembled in the State stadium and believed to be taken to armoury for safe custody. Posted in: Home Comments RSS comment feed There are currently no comments, be the first to post one. -- 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.
