Son of ex-police chief brutally killed in Juba

December 1, 2013 (JUBA) – A son of the former Inspector General of South Sudan police, Achuil Tito Madut, was found dead on Saturday morning in the center of the South Sudanese capital, Juba.

Mustafa Achuil Tito was reportedly shot dead and later on locked into his own Land Cruiser vehicle and burned as the car was set ablaze by the assailant(s).

Late Mustafa was a police officer and was deployed at the Juba International airport as a customs officer.

His father was the top police chief for the country until the recent July reshuffle which replaced him with the current Inspector General, Ping Deng Kuol. He is however reappointed a minister in the Warrap state cabinet from where he hails.

Juba is known for continuous crimes being perpetrated by criminals with many night murders going unnoticed.

Nobody was arrested yet for the brutal murder but the police leadership issued a statement promising to investigate the incident, hunt down the killers and bring them to justice.

(ST)