{"id":46799,"date":"2026-08-11T15:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T13:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/?p=46799"},"modified":"2026-08-11T15:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T13:18:08","slug":"torit-municipality-steps-up-action-against-youth-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/11\/torit-municipality-steps-up-action-against-youth-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Torit Municipality steps up action against youth violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Ijoo Bosco <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Torit Municipal authorities have moved to curb rising youth violence following the arrest of a 25-year-old man accused of attacking another resident with a machete.<\/p>\n<p>Dominic Gidu Peterno was arrested by municipal operation forces after allegedly chopping 35-year-old James Ohayo, a resident of Hai Ingas residential area in Torit Municipality.<\/p>\n<p>The incident has drawn condemnation from Torit Mayor Eddy William Ponsiano, who described the alleged attack as a barbaric act that threatens peace and security within the municipality.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor William has urged young people to reject violence and resolve disputes peacefully, calling on them to take an active role in promoting peace and peaceful coexistence in Torit.<\/p>\n<p>Gidu is expected to be handed over to the police for further investigation, while authorities continue efforts to strengthen security and maintain order within the municipality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ijoo Bosco Torit Municipal authorities have moved to curb rising youth violence following the arrest of a 25-year-old man accused of attacking another resident with a machete. Dominic Gidu Peterno was arrested by municipal operation forces after allegedly chopping 35-year-old James Ohayo, a resident of Hai Ingas residential area<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/11\/torit-municipality-steps-up-action-against-youth-violence\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":46800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,80,79,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-easter-equatoria-state","category-national","category-news","category-politics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Torit-Municipality-steps-up-action-against-youth-violence.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46799","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=46799"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46801,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46799\/revisions\/46801"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}