Gunman kills displaced woman outside UN camp in Malakal

A displaced woman was shot and killed by an unknown gunman after leaving the UN camp in Malakal town in South Sudan’s Eastern Nile State, a displaced person inside the camp said.

A displaced woman was shot and killed by an unknown gunman after leaving the UN camp in Malakal town in South Sudan’s Eastern Nile State, a displaced person inside the camp said.

Aban Yor, an elder from the PoC site told Radio Tamazuj yesterday that a displaced woman from the camp was shot dead by an unknown gunman after leaving the camp to work outside.

“The displaced woman left the camp and went to make charcoal in the bush with Sudanese men, so those unknown gunman stopped her, and after that he shot her dead,” said Aban.

Aban pointed out that a Sudanese man who was the eyewitness said that the woman was shot and killed by unknown gunmen.

The elder explained that the UN mission declined to bring the body for burial, saying they couldn’t bury the body until yesterday.