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By Ijoo Bosco<\/p>\n
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A gang of unidentified youths brutally attacked and hacked to death 18-year-old Akena Robin Okeny, a local sports center operator in Lobure Boma of Magwi Payam.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Local officials confirmed the incident, expressing deep concern over the increasing fear among residents caused by gangs terrorizing the area in recent months.<\/p>\n Robin, critically injured in the machete attack, was rushed to Magwi Primary Healthcare Centre, where he tragically succumbed to his injuries.<\/p>\n The youth leader of Magwi Payam expressed sorrow over the ongoing reign of terror inflicted by these gangs, which has created an atmosphere of fear within the community.<\/p>\n The Boma chief of Lobure, Mr. Martin Okech Khemis, said he received the information about the incident upon his return from Lobone.<\/p>\n He had been informed that an individual had been attacked in his area.<\/p>\n Khemis revealed that a disco dance was taking place in a residential area of Lobure, with numerous youths from different areas in attendance, when the tragic incident unfolded.<\/p>\n He said an immediate investigation have been launched, with the involvement of local youths in the area, as authorities continue their search for the perpetrators.<\/p>\n At present, the police in Magwi are holding 14 suspects in connection with the killing.<\/p>\n “The suspects are 12 males and 2 females; we are still investigating them once we finalize our finding the truth will be released out for public consumption,” he said.<\/p>\n In a related incident, an unidentified individual set houses ablaze in the Ijula residential area of Magwi Payam last week, around 1 a.m.<\/p>\n Local leaders say in a meeting on Friday morning that there is a worrying rise in gang culture and violence in Magwi town.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Ijoo Bosco A gang of unidentified youths brutally attacked and hacked to death 18-year-old Akena Robin Okeny, a local sports center operator in Lobure Boma of Magwi Payam. Local officials confirmed the incident, expressing deep concern over the increasing fear among residents caused by gangs terrorizing the[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-easter-equatoria-state","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23011,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23010\/revisions\/23011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}