Executive Chief Killed In Pagarau The Executive Chief of Eastern Lakes State, Kuer Dhuor Kuer was on Monday killed by armed men his residential area in Pagarau. 20 September 2017
By Mabor Riak Magok YIROL, 20 September 2017 [Gurtong]-In an Interview with Gurtong, the Commissioner of Police in Eastern Lakes State, Major General, Deng Malual Mabur, said the Executive Chief, Kuer Dhuor was killed while attending a marriage ceremony. “It is really very unfortunate that the group of armed youth from Kuacdit section killed the Chief innocently while sitting on a chair.” “They came as a group during the marriage ceremony, and unfortunately one of them just came behind the Chief Kuer Dhuor Kuer shooting him with two bullets on his back intentionally,” said the Police Commissioner of Eastern Lakes State, Malual Mabur. Mabur said that the government of Eastern Lakes State including the Governor, Bor Philip Wutchok, and organized forces are now in Nyang County headquarters to curb the security situation between Kuacthi and Kuacdit rival sections. “Our worry as the government is that the entire Kuacdit section has fled Nyang town for safety after the incident of the killing of the Executive Chief by their armed group, and it is only Kuacthi section where the late Chief belonged remaining inside Nyang Town” said Mabur. Mabur appealed to both communities to remain calm and allow the government of the State to address the matter as the killer is known. The Chairperson of the civil society organization network (CISON) who spoke to Gurtong on behalf of the civil society organization, Isaac Majier Majok strongly condemned the killing of the Chief. “As the head of the civil society organization, we condemn in the strongest term possible the killing of Sultan Kuer Dhuor Kuer and we are calling upon the government of Eastern Lakes State and the community to apprehend the culprit immediate without delays.” said Majok. Mr. Majok appealed to the family of the victim and all the mourners of the tragic incident to allow the government to apprehend the culprit and to ensure that justice prevails in the community instead of taking revenge which would affect the entire Kuac community and greater Yirol. Majok said the escalation and wide spread of culture of killing chiefs must be given serious attention by the State government of all three States. Posted in: Home -- To post to this group, send email to southsudankob@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to southsudankob+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 southsudankob+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to SouthSudanKob@googlegroups.com. 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/CAJb14or8SNG9sasgEBEqZ_GDxCT-i0xgH7mRLHR1FYC%2BfseTag%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
