Jubek state police arrest a criminal gang

Police in Jubek State said they have arrested a criminal gang accused of causing insecurity around Juba town.

Police in Jubek State said they have arrested a criminal gang accused of causing insecurity around Juba town.

Addressing the press over the weekend in Juba, Jubek State Police Commissioner Major General Jackson Elia said those arrested have been terrorizing citizens in Gurei, Newsite, Muniki, Mia Saba and Lologo neighbourhoods.

He said the suspects are linked to the killings of two pastors and a pastor’s wife as well as the killing of a woman whose husband was injured in an attack at their home in Munuki this year.

Elia revealed that the suspects will be arraigned in court soon while he praised the role played by the state police in trying to make the state safe and secure.