Torit, Eastern Equatoria State,
August 15, 2022 — South Sudan government of Eastern Equatoria State has pledged to hunt down and arrest the gunmen, who killed aid workers in Ikwoto County, last week.
On Tuesday, three civilians working for Caritas, a Switzerland organization, were shot dead as they were returning from a field work in Hafialari village.
According to Alphonse Muras Chacha, a state legislator representing the area, the Humanitarian workers were gunned down by unknown assailants on their convoy of two vehicles, at 7 o’clock.
Muras criticized the state government for allegedly keeping silence over the insecurity in Ikwoto County.
Aliandro Lotok, the Press Secretary in the Office of the state governor, said the government will move to the restive county to bring the perpetrators responsible to book.
“The government is going there (to Ikwoto) and will arrest these people. There will be investigation and the villagers will told to bring out these criminals and they will be produced and handed to the government,” he told media.
Lotok stressed that the government will pursue culprits with brute force until the suspended are held to account.
“No stone will be left unturned until these people are arrested. When you kill a person, you will have to be arrested and held accountable for the crime because nobody is allowed to go against the laws of this country. I assure you that these people will be arrested.”, Lotok rest assured.
Following the attack, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the country, Sara Beysolow Nyanti called on armed actors to adhere to international humanitarian law and allow humanitarian access.
