A South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) officer was shot dead on the outskirts of Kudo Center of Eastern Equatoria’s Torit County on Monday.
The officer identified as Captain Deng Chol was shot by unknown armed men while he was burning charcoal for sale.
Samuel Joseph, Kudo Payam Administrator, told Radio Tamazuj on Wednesday, that area youth followed the footprints of the attackers and claimed they went into neighboring Lowoi Payam.
“The incident occurred near the office. This was around 9 AM. There is a captain called Deng Jok working with me here, an SSPDF Captain. We do not know who killed him but when we followed the footmarks, they went out of Kudo but enters that side of Lowoi,” he said. “The perpetrator should surrender.”
Jacob Attari Albano, Torit County Commissioner confirmed the incident and said security personnel is investigating the matter.
“The person was killed while at a charcoal place, and I communicated with the Monyio-Miji to follow the person who killed him, we are still investigating to exactly know who killed the person,” he said. “What happened is a bad thing. People should not play with a gun, people should live in peace. That person will be arrested and face justice.”
Lowoi Payam’s head chief, Thomas Khamis, refused to respond to the accusations that the suspects came from his payam.
Meanwhile, Charles Onen Tokwaru, the chairperson of the Eastern Equatoria State Civil Society Network condemned the act and called on the government to apprehend the suspects for justice to prevail.
Last week, an education supervisor was also shot and killed in the same location.