A man turned himself in after stabbing and killing his ex-wife in Wanyjok Town in Aweil East County in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State on Wednesday.
Paul Kuch, the Director of Information and Communication in Aweil East County, said the incident happened on Wednesday afternoon after a disagreement about divorce.
“It happened this Wednesday afternoon that a man called Lual Malok killed his wife, Adut Achiech Diany, due to divorce issues. The wife has been given divorce papers by a court,” he explained. “The accused Malok decided to search for his former wife, and he found her at her aunt’s residence in the Ajokdit neighborhood near Wanyjok, and he started fighting her until he knifed her in the chest, and he handed himself over to the police.”
On his part, Paulino Thiep, the medical director for Malualkon Hospital in Aweil Aweil East County, confirmed that the deceased had died due to internal bleeding from stab wounds to the chest plus minor injuries in the neck.
“The body was brought here (Malualkon Hospital), and I have assigned one of my staff, Dr. Kur Bol, to assess and to examine the body… and the finding was that there was a stab wound in the chest, mainly in the heart, and this caused internal bleeding and collapse of the heart,” he stated.
The Executive Director for Wider Aid and Development Agency (WADA-South Sudan), Peter Diing Ngong, appealed to government authorities, especially judges, to handle marriage cases with care to avoid further escalations.
“I am appealing to the authorities not to allow newly divorced spouses go free, and I am also urging the police to keep watch on crimes that happen in markets because crises are too high,” he said.