{"id":45616,"date":"2026-06-24T15:49:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/?p=45616"},"modified":"2026-06-24T15:49:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:49:17","slug":"teenager-killed-in-dispute-over-boyfriend-in-aweil-east-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/teenager-killed-in-dispute-over-boyfriend-in-aweil-east-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenager killed in dispute over boyfriend in Aweil East County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Hou Akot Hou<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Police in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State have reported that a 12-year-old girl was allegedly killed by her peer following an argument over a boyfriend.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson of the Northern Bahr el Ghazal State Police Service, Madut Ngong Aleu, said the incident occurred earlier this week in Kuel-Ajuong village of Madhol Payam, Aweil East County.<\/p>\n<p>According to Aleu, the two teenagers were involved in a heated dispute in a secluded area when one of them allegedly stabbed the other with a knife, killing her on the spot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What occurred between Wednesday and Friday at Kuel-Ajuong of Madhol Payam is that a teenager killed her own peer as they were having a heated argument over a boyfriend. She allegedly used a knife and killed her,&#8221; Aleu said.<\/p>\n<p>The incident has reportedly heightened tensions within the community, prompting the deployment of security personnel to the area to prevent possible retaliatory violence.<\/p>\n<p>Aleu called on relatives and friends of the deceased to remain calm and allow the law to take its course.<\/p>\n<p>He further urged community members to seek justice through the police and customary courts rather than taking matters into their own hands.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We encourage residents to be peace-loving and report cases to the police or local courts for redress instead of resorting to violence,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The two incidents have raised concerns among authorities about child safety, supervision, and the growing need for community awareness on conflict resolution and accident prevention.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Hou Akot Hou Police in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State have reported that a 12-year-old girl was allegedly killed by her peer following an argument over a boyfriend. The spokesperson of the Northern Bahr el Ghazal State Police Service, Madut Ngong Aleu, said the incident occurred earlier this week<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/teenager-killed-in-dispute-over-boyfriend-in-aweil-east-county\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":45357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Crime-Tape-3.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45616","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45617,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45616\/revisions\/45617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}