High-ranking police officer survives assassination attempt in Juba

JUBA – A high ranking South Sudan  police officer has survived an assassination in the capital Juba on Tuesday morning, police spokesman Major-General Daniel Justin said, Radio Tamazuj reports.

General Daniel said the incident occurred at 7:30 in the morning when an officer decided to attack by shooting at the Director of Emergency Call Centre at Buluk in Juba.

“Yes, it was actually at 7:30 am when one of the warrant officers attacked the Director of the Emergency Call Centre “777” at his office in the police headquarters here in Juba. But he missed him and the director managed to escape and the other forces who were around shot at the attacker and killed him,” Justin is quoted as saying. 

The senior police officer said preliminary investigations concluded that the two did not quarrel before the incident and have shared cordial relations in the past. 

“The initial investigation shows that there was no quarrel between the director and the officer. According to the director, the officer used to greet him in his office every morning and sometimes asks for some money for tea. So, we don’t know what happened,” he added.