JUBA – Tensions are high in South Sudan’s capital Juba after a National Security Service (NSS) officer killed a member of the country’s prison service.
On Thursday, a South Sudanese prison officer was killed by men who were not initially identified but later on turned out to be national security officers.
The incident happened behind the Seventh Days compound near the Round-about in Juba.
The late Emmanuel James Duku, 29, was a first lieutenant at the Prisons Services.
The incident occurred at around 8 pm behind Seventh-Days compound when the victim was nearing his father’s home.
His father James Duku, who is a general in the prisons service, said three people on a motorcycle stopped his son and asked him for his phone and other valuables.
Those people were identified as members of the National Security Service.
When he refused, Duku explained, the unidentified armed shot him five times – in the head, stomach and leg, killing him instantly.
“I think these people become angry. One of them removed his gun and shot my my son dead,” the father was quoted by Eye Radio.
Duku says one of suspects was in an army uniform and another in NSS uniform while the third in a civilian cloth.
When contacted by Eye Radio, Police Spokesperson Maj. General Daniel Justin said investigations are ongoing to find the suspects behind the killing.
The victim had been reportedly preparing to get married later this year.
