{"id":46470,"date":"2026-07-30T15:31:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T13:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/?p=46470"},"modified":"2026-07-30T15:31:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T13:31:20","slug":"torit-commissioner-leads-night-operation-to-capture-suspected-killer-in-hiyala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/30\/torit-commissioner-leads-night-operation-to-capture-suspected-killer-in-hiyala\/","title":{"rendered":"Torit Commissioner leads night operation to capture suspected killer in Hiyala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Ijoo Bosco<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Torit Caretaker Commissioner Eddy William Ponsiano personally led a late-night security operation that resulted in the arrest of a suspected gunman accused of killing a woman and injuring a 12-year-old boy in Hiyala.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioner said he left Torit at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday and travelled to Illoli, returning at around 11:00 p.m. after overseeing the operation that secured the suspect and evacuated the victims.<\/p>\n<p>The woman, identified as Aku, died after being shot, while Jackson, 12, sustained gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<p>Ponsiano said the deceased&#8217;s body was transported from Hiyala to Haforiere for burial arrangements, while the injured boy was rushed to Torit State Hospital, where he is receiving treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The suspected shooter was brought back to Torit and is now being held in police custody as investigations continue.<\/p>\n<p>Ponsiano said the operation demonstrates the municipal administration&#8217;s commitment to responding swiftly to violent crime and ensuring that perpetrators are brought to justice.<\/p>\n<p>He also urged residents to continue cooperating with security agencies by reporting criminal activities to help maintain peace and security across the municipality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ijoo Bosco Torit Caretaker Commissioner Eddy William Ponsiano personally led a late-night security operation that resulted in the arrest of a suspected gunman accused of killing a woman and injuring a 12-year-old boy in Hiyala. The commissioner said he left Torit at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday and travelled to<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/30\/torit-commissioner-leads-night-operation-to-capture-suspected-killer-in-hiyala\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":46471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-easter-equatoria-state","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Caretaker-Commissioner-Leads-Night-Operation-to-Capture-Suspected-Killer-in-Hiyala.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46470","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=46470"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46472,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46470\/revisions\/46472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}