{"id":4653,"date":"2022-04-13T05:35:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T05:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onecitizendaily.com\/?p=4653"},"modified":"2022-04-13T05:35:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T05:35:17","slug":"senior-splm-io-official-murdered-in-leer-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/13\/senior-splm-io-official-murdered-in-leer-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior SPLM-IO official murdered in Leer violence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FVP-Dr-Riek-Macahr-1024x780.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FVP-Dr-Riek-Macahr-1024x780.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FVP-Dr-Riek-Macahr-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FVP-Dr-Riek-Macahr-768x585.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FVP-Dr-Riek-Macahr.jpg 1429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>The First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny\/File photo<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Taban Henry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A senior South Sudan main armed opposition official was killed on Friday in of Unity State\u2019s Leer County violence that initially started following attacks on the main armed opposition Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) based in Koch County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James Gatjung Jail Dok, the deputy chairman of the SPLM-IO led by the First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny in Unity state was killed when armed youth along with commissioner of Koch County in Unity State attacked Leer County killing hundreds of civilians and rapping women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement extended to the media on Tuesday, Unity state\u2019s deputy governor Tor Tungwar Kweiguong, who also doubles as the chairman of the SPLM-IO in Unity state, said the top opposition official in the state was killed on Friday with other civilians in Leer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of the Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM\/SPLA (IO) and on my own behalf and family, I would wish to convey my deepest condolence to the entire membership of SPLM\/SPLA (IO) in Unity State, family, relatives, friends and People of South Sudan for the loss of civilians in Southern Unity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tungwar revealed that Comrade James Gatjung Jail Dok, who was the Deputy Chairperson of Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM\/SPLA (IO) in Unity State, was one of the many unarmed civilians that were killed on Friday 8<sup>th<\/sup> April 2022 in the swampy areas of Leer County,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"721\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UN-2-721x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UN-2-721x1024.jpg 721w, https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UN-2-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UN-2-768x1091.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UN-2-1081x1536.jpg 1081w, https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UN-2-1441x2048.jpg 1441w, https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/UN-2-scaled.jpg 1802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Taban Henry A senior South Sudan main armed opposition official was killed on Friday in of Unity State\u2019s Leer County violence that initially started following attacks on the main armed opposition Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) based in Koch County. 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