Prison Officer Wounded in Shootout
A prison warder at Wau Prison Headquarters has sustained serious multiple bullet injuries following a shootout at the prison. 20 November 2012 By James Deng Demo WAU, 20 November 2012 [Gurtong] –The injured officer is admitted at Wau Teaching Hospital in Western Bahr el Ghazal. Witnesses say there was disagreements after three officers requested their administration to identify their rank after the prison service in the state had made a screening to the officers as part of identifying unknown ranks. The administrator is alleged to have ordered for the shooting of the officers after the incident. The situation is calm with security teams being on high alert. The injured officer has been operated at Wau teaching hospital as the prison department say the case is being handled and investigations are launched. Both the officer who shot at the colleagues and the administrator are held as investigations into the incident commence. A similar incident occurred last month after an officer from the Wildlife Service Department shot and killed one policemen and injured four others critically at Jaw Main Market in Wau. Posted in: Home, Governance, Humanitarian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" 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 https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
