Four people have been arrested in connection with last weekend’s attack on a commercial boat, in which traders were robbed in Eastern Lakes State.
On Monday, local officials reported that unknown gunmen attacked a boat at Gedakwet area and robbed over 7 million South Sudanese Pounds last weekend.
Johnson Malual Achiek, the commissioner of Yirol East County, told Radio Tamazuj on Thursday that four suspects had been arrested in possession of some money.
“Four suspected people including two soldiers were arrested,” he said.
The local official noted that the arrested men confessed to police that they had attacked the boat and robbed money.