By Hou Akot Hou<\/p>\n
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Domestic dispute turned tragic over the weekend in Angot village, Warguet Boma of Baac payam, Aweil East County, when a man set his house on fire.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The arsonist identified as Ben Garang Deng was angered after altercation with his wife.<\/p>\n Warguet Boma youth leader, Paul Kuch Akot toold No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper that the furious Garang Deng set his house aflame after misunderstanding with his wife.<\/p>\n “The man became enraged following an argument with his wife,” confirmed Akot.<\/p>\n The youth leader further reported that the couple’s son died in the fire.<\/p>\n According to Akot’s account, the son, upon returning home and witnessing the blaze, became extremely upset by the situation and threw himself into the burning house.<\/p>\n “The young man was very angry about his father’s decision. He threw himself into the burning house and died immediately” he narrated.<\/p>\n Akot clarified that the burning structure was primarily a byre, used for storing livestock feed.<\/p>\n Authorities have apprehended Ben Garang Deng for questioning. The cause of the dispute is believed to be domestic in nature.<\/p>\n “The cause of the dispute appears to be family-related,” said Akot. “These types of conflicts can be resolved through the courts or with the help of elders. It’s unfortunate that it reached such a tragic point.”<\/p>\n This incident highlights a concerning trend. \u201cEarlier this year, a similar case occurred in Akon Village, Gogrial West County, where a man set his house ablaze due to domestic issues,” Akot noted.<\/p>\n \u201cGender-based violence experts are working to address these issues and promote peaceful conflict resolution within families\u201d he added<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Hou Akot Hou Domestic dispute turned tragic over the weekend in Angot village, Warguet Boma of Baac payam, Aweil East County, when a man set his house on fire. The arsonist identified as Ben Garang Deng was angered after altercation with his wife. Warguet Boma youth leader, Paul[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,111],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-northern-bahr-el-ghazal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/suspect-being-ferried-to-police-for-investigation.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23506","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=23506"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23508,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23506\/revisions\/23508"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}