A man was accidentally shot dead in a brawl involving a pastor and a woman in Jonglei state’s Duk County on Thursday, authorities said.
Speaking to Radio Tamazuj over the weekend, Peter Kuer, the Duk Padiet Payam administrator, said: “The deceased is a niece to the woman who was quarreling with the pastor. He was shot dead while the pastor was trying to grab a gun from another man who came to the scene of the quarrels with his gun.”
The local official pointed out that an investigation is still ongoing to arrest the suspected criminal.
“It is not yet known who killed the victim, whether the pastor or the other man. An investigation committee has not yet come with the report,” he said.
For his part, Major Majak Daniel Tuor, the state police spokesperson, said he has yet to get details into the incident.