IGP blames Juba night shootings on drunken police Magdoline Joseph | August 18, 2017 | 8:19 am1st Lt. Said Chawul [left] and Lt. Gen. Marial Chanuong during a press con. in Juba on Thursday, Aug 17, 2017 | Photo | Joakino Francis/Eye Radio
The Inspector General of Police has blamed night shootings on criminals and drunken policemen. Members of the public, especially residents of Munuki, Gudele, and Nyakuron have often express concerns over the shootings. Yesterday, residents of Joppa area also told Eye Radio that they are being attacked, beaten and robbed of their valuables at gunpoint by men in uniform almost every night. The latest attacks resulted in killing of a young woman at the area. Addressing the media this afternoon, First Lieutenant Said Chawul said sometimes the night shooting it’s a result of negligence from police personnel.“When you hear sound of gunshots, that means there is a drunken policeman on duty and he just fires his gun,” he stated.“Or perhaps these are some policemen chasing armed criminals and they exchange fire.” However, Lt. Chawul could not say what his office would do about the “drunken” police. Speaking at the same press conference, the Commander of Ground forces said the government is making efforts to unify the uniform of all units in police and army.Lt. Gen. Marial Chanuong says this will help them arrest the criminals who are attack people at night using military or police uniform. -- 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/CAJb14opyS3n1U-9YnYUeaaBt52XMCFvMCkZHVhRf2DNYseEmHQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
