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Drivers arrested for knocking 2 people dead in Nimule The traffic police in Nimule town of South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria State have arrested two drivers for knocking dead a boda-boda rider and his passenger, a soldier from the Wounded Heroes Unit on Sunday. Captain Juma George, the director for traffic in Nimule said the victims 49-year-old Chol Anei of the South Sudan People's Defence Forces Wounded Heroes Unit and the boda-boda rider 27-year-old Amoko Godfrey Kenyi, were riding from Check Point towards Nimule Town when they met their untimely deaths.  “It was a vehicle that knocked d...

Aerial view of Torit Town. [Photo: Radio Tamazuj] A 40-year-old soldier attached to the Wounded Heroes Unit, Joseph Olima, was killed during a cattle raid in the outskirts of Torit town last Saturday.  Armed men attacked four kraals in the same location at different times on Saturday, rustling 1,727 head of cattle from kraals in the Safari Link area and another 200 from Hai Lotuko Kraal outside the Eastern Equatoria State capital.  Maj. Justine Kleopus Takuru, the police spokesperson in Torit told Radio Tamazuj, “It was on the 13 March, Saturday, the report came to us at around 1:30 pm fr...

3 arrested for death of SSPDF soldier along Juba-Nimule highway Three suspects were on Monday arrested in connection with the killing of a South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) soldier at Achwa Bridge along the Juba-Nimule highway. On Sunday, Sergeant Taban Erneo, an SSPDF soldier belonging to the Wounded Heroes Unit who was engaged in burning charcoal in the Achwa area was shot dead in Eastern Equatoria State.  Captain David Kasmiro, the acting inspector of police in Nimule Town Council said that some arrests have been made.  “Yesterday (Sunday) there was a person who was shot d...

Soldier beats wife to death in Ikotos A soldier belonging to the Wounded Heroes Unit in Ikotos county of South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria state accidentally killed his wife on Tuesday morning during a domestic quarrel. Residents in the area say the couple had a small misunderstanding which turned violent and led to the death of the woman. They say the man threw a forceful punch at the woman, who later succumbed to her injuries. Police chief inspector in Ikotos county Mathew Ochan Jacob told Radio Tamazuj that the soldier is in custody. “We got information that one private from the Wounded ...