Two killed in grenade explosion in Cuiebet County

Two people have been killed at the home of a prison warden in Cuiebet County of Lakes State, according to County Commissioner Isaac Mayom Malek.

Two people have been killed at the home of a prison warden in Cuiebet County of Lakes State, according to County Commissioner Isaac Mayom Malek.

He said that the warden took home an inmate to do his domestic chores when a 10-year-old child set off the grenade. The boy and the inmate were reportedly killed.

“The small boy took a hand grenade and started to play with it. This is when the explosion took place. The two of them were killed by hand grenade and one lady was seriously injured,” said Isaac.

He was speaking on Radio Miraya. The commissioner said the prison warden is being investigated for negligence and unlawfully taking the inmate to his home.