Police In Lainya Arrest Suspect Of 4 Killed In Mukaya Payam

17 February 2011 – (Lainya) – Police in Lainya County of central Equatoria state have arrested a man suspected to have killed four people and wounded several others in Mukaya payam on Sunday.

Speaking to Sudan Radio Service on Thursday from Lainya, the commissioner of Lainya County, Suba Samuel said the man was arrested on Monday and is in police custody waiting to face justice.

[Suba Samuel]: “Yeah the person was arrested. He was arrested on 14th that was Monday. The most important thing is this incident caused confusion some people thought that this issue took place in the burial late Minister honorable Jimmy. But no, that was completely an isolated incident. Where late Minister was buried and the where this incident happened distance was nearly 17 to 16 miles apart.’’

Mister Suba said that a fourth victim who was a child of seven years old died later at Yei Civil Hospital.

[Suba Samuel]: “Yeah it was a random shooting the people were for prayers. Actually that was last funeral prayers and then, he just popped from no where with his gun and starting spraying at the people who were for prayers and then he managed to kill three people: one man, two women, injured several others. But later child of around six, seven died later on nearly seven are in the hospital. The motives of that attack is unclear up to now because we are investigating him and the he was telling us that just something came into his mind and that shooting these people and he started shooting them he doesn’t have any clear motive. Did confirm at that particular time was drunk this is what he testified.’’

That was the commissioner of Lainya County, Suba Samuel speaking to SRS from Lainya on Thursday.