Nineteen '19' year old woman committed suicide in Lakes State, Rumbek East County

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  The local police of Lakes State confirmed that a 19 year old woman committed suicide in the County of Rumbek East in the village of Meen-Wal and the police withheld the deceased name for unknown reason.  This is not the first time for the young girls to commit suicide in the State, the first case was reported to the authorities  two days ago after a young girl committed suicide in Wulu County.  While speaking to the Media, Police Spokesperson Maj. Elijah Mabor Makwach said that, the police are conducting thorough investigation on why there is a rampant rise of suicide amongst girls in Lakes State.  “We have recorded several cases of suicide with the most recent being a 19-year-old girl who committed a suicide in Meen-wal village in Rumbek East County and the investigation is still ongoing to identify the cause of the suicide because the cases are rising. Last week alone, two suicide cases were reported,” Maj. Mabor said.  Lakes State Police Spokesperson further said that, they have b
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Government Has Deployed SSPDF Along Juba-Bor Highway To Contain Attacks And To Reopen The Highway. Police Spokesperson said.

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The reasons to why the government deployed SSPDF along Juba-Bor highway was to contain attacks on travellers and to also reopen the highway, Police Spokesperson Maj. Gen. Daniel Justin said. 


An incident happened on Tues where four people were killed and three others wounded when a passenger vehicle came under attack in Mangala Central Equatoria State.


The officials from Jonglei State are accusing armed youths from Terkeka County of carrying out the attack..


Police spokesperson Gen. Justin while speaking to the media said that, the army are deployed and police commissioners are working to ensure the safety of travellers. 


“The road was not okay for the last two days but we have already sent forces on the ground and the police commissioners of Jonglei and Central Equatoria are working to make sure that the road is safe. After the attacks, the situation is now reported to be calm but tensions are still existing,” he said. “We are expecting more reports from our forces on the ground and are still investigating the attacks but no one has been arrested yet. A foreign driver and his assistant were attacked on Wednesday and beaten but they were released. We have not identified the attackers but the forces are still investigating.” Gen. Justin said. 


The Deputy head of drivers in Bor confirmed the incident and said vehicles started moving with escort from the army starting from Wednesday. 


“On Tuesday, a car coming from Juba to Bor was attacked on the road by the people of Mallanganyaro, and on Wednesday they also attacked a vehicle coming from Juba but no people are injured,” he said. “Since Wednesday, vehicles are being escorted by government soldiers and when they find you on the road, they escort you. However, I told the drivers not to carry any passengers for now.” Deputy head of drivers in bor said. 



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