By Hou Akot Hou
Authorities in Kuajok Town Council have detained two suspects accused of burglary following a break-in that unfolded on Thursday night. The duo are being held over the break-in charges.
Atek Lual Achuil, the Town Mayor of Kuajok, told Mayardit FM on Thursday that the two suspects are accused of breaking in and stealing 30 phones from a charging kiosk. He said they also climbed onto the roof of a nearby shop, dismantled the zinc roofing sheets, and took 1 million SSP.
Lual said the patrol unit in the town safely recovered the phones, and the suspects are being held over the charges.
“What happened on Thursday night in Kuajok town is that the two suspects have broken into a charging center for phones and took 30 phones and also went into a nearby shop and climbed on top of the roof and made a break-in and took away 1 million SSP” said Achuil.
Lual said the duo will be arraigned in court to answer to the charges, as other local traders have opened cases against them over past losses. However, the prosecuting authorities will address those claims within the ambit of the law.
“Some people have begun coming forward with charges but since they weren’t caught red-handed for those claims the courts will answer them accordingly” He noted.
In a separate incident, police officials in Aweil North County of South Sudan’s Northern Bahr El Ghazal State have detained six suspects among boys accused of instigating a fight at a night drum event in Gok-Machar town, leaving some people injured.
Garang Anei, the police inspector in the area, told this outlet on Friday that the suspects have been detained and will be arraigned in court.
“The boys instigated a fight and now they have been apprehended 6 of them and the rest are on the run but those they have knifed are being treated” He stated.
Anei implored the youth to desist from instigating violence in the communities, noting that their parents are already struggling with economic conditions.
As the country remains entangled in a deep political and military crisis, analysts and observers warn that those facing distress are left with little support to regulate their behavior.