SPLA soldier kills four, injures two others in Lakes state

July 10, 2015 (RUMBEK) – An errant South Sudanese solider shot and killed four of his colleagues, injuring two others, before killing himself.

“He opened fire on his colleagues in Panda hotel leaving four dead and two people, a child and woman injured,” said a resident.

Lakes state local government and law enforcement minister, Jok Ayom Majak attributed the incident to a row among soldiers over money.

“It was problem of 100 South Sudanese Pound, which was cut by the finance [ministry],” the minister told Sudan Tribune by phone on Friday.

The incident, said Majak, involved soldiers from the army’s division six batallion.

Meanwhile, thousands of people turned out in the Lakes state capital, Rumbek to mark South Sudan’s independence anniversary. The event was, however, interrupted by the shooting, which occurred shortly before governor Matur Chut Dhuol addressed the crowd.

(ST)