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ArticleComments (0)EmailPrintSave December 30, 2016 (RUMBEK) – Authorities in South Sudan’s Western Lakes state have formed a joint military taskforce to crackdown on highway robbers along Rumbek highway. They forces, officials told Sudan Tribune, are fully mandated to shoot anybody carrying illegal firearms on the highway. The decision was reportedly reached as part of efforts by intellectuals from the state, backed up by area lawmakers, to ensure the new state is free from illegal firearms. PThe Western Lakes state local government minister, Benjamin Makuer Mabor was tasked to execute what intellectuals and legislators resolved during their meeting. “Shoot anybody carrying illegal firearms – let him/her put down the gun or shoot him/her to death,” partly reads a resolution from the meeting. Rumbek, the Western Lakes state capital, has witnessed several highway robberies with authorities blaming it on nomadic pastoralists who often move with illegal firearms. (ST) -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oqSS_VKaFpsJ5FZrccZFHjN23M6qJrMcCEtCyqP9Ryweg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
