Operators Threaten To Suspend Transport Services In Mapel Following The Killing Of Colleague
Boda Boda operators in Mapel town, Western Bahr el Ghazal state have threatened to suspend their services linking to the Military Mechanize Division at Dakum following the murder of their colleague on Wednesday. 18 January 2013 By James Deng Dimo WAU, 18 January 2013 [Gurtong] – A rider identified as Upieu Deng Akech, was killed on Wednesday morning after two men hired him to transport them the Dakum, six kilometres southern part of Mapel town. Michael Mayen Atem, a police officer in Mapel said that the victim was seen carrying two men and was confirmed killed and that the suspected killers stole his motorbike after they killed him. “We were told by our security agencies one hour before the information reached them to be on alert in Tonj town of Warrap state that there are two men, one in military uniform and one in white T-shirt on high speed toward Rumbek road,” Atem said. Meanwhile a family representative in Mapel said they urgently need a response from the mechanize division on the allegations. Gurtong could not reach the division for their response on the allegations about their officers’ involvement in the killing. This is not the first time for such incident to occur in Mapel town, on 29 December 2012, a man was found dead on Tonj - Mapel Gargar main road. Local authorities in Mapel town arrested a man suspected to be behind the killing of in Gar Gar village as the dead man was found near Mapel - Tonj main road with a large wound on his head. According to the travel documents permit found in his pockets, the man was from Rumbek East County in Lake State and the body was recognized by his relatives who stay in Mapel. Posted in: Home, Governance, Travel -- 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.
