At least one person been killed during a house attack in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, on Tuesday night, highlighting rise in the organised and banditry act over the past days. Security and police officials blamed the rise in attacks on lack of cooperation and provision of correct information by the resident. Mawien Dut Wol, a resident of Malakia in Juba town, said Wednesday six gunmen entered one of the houses of his neighbour and killed one person last night.
“You know the security situation in Juba has been deteriorating these days. It has now reached a point where people don’t get out helping others because that would be a risk. Last night some gunmen in mixed military, police and national security entered one of the houses of one of our neighbours and killed one person,” said Mawien.
He identified the victim as Waleed Awad, who was killed by around 1 am after allegedly appearing to resist attempts to take money, clothes, phones and laptops. “I know the victim. He is a good man. He runs a shop in Malakia. It seems these people know him too because they came, they asked him to give them but he was hesitant and asked why”, he said.
Police spokesman Daniel Justin said police were doing their best but are not getting information on time from the residents. “We cannot be overall the places at the same time. This is why we are encouraging the people to quickly provide information to our patrol colleagues or 99 whenever there is a strange or unusual activities taking place in one of the residential areas”, said Daniel when reached on Wednesday to comment on the incident which took place in Malakia,
The incident is among recent cases of armed violence in Juba. Over the weekend, a man opened fire on a video hall in Gure, killing more than 10 soccer fans. On Sunday night, more than 10 revelers were injured in what the victims described as a grenade attack on a party in Mangaten suburb.