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Two soldiers, UN staff killed in Torit gunfire after governor removed TORIT (10 Feb.) At least two soldiers were confirmed killed and two others wounded in a shooting incident, besides the killing of a UN staff member in a separate attack in Torit town on Thursday night, shortly after President Salva Kiir issued a decree removing Imatong state governor from his position. According to the decree broadcast by the state-owned South Sudan Television on Thursday night, Kiir issued a decision removing Governor Nartisio Loluke Manir. Several eyewitnesses told Radio Tamazuj on Friday that a police officer opened fire on SPLA soldiers shortly after President Kiir removed the state governor.They pointed out that the incident resulted in the killing of a policeman and a member of the SPLA army, besides the wounding of two others. The eyewitnesses noted that the wounded soldiers were taken to hospital for treatment.Separately, the same eyewitnesses said a UN staff member was shot and killed by unknown gunmen while returning back to his residence after paying his condolences to one of his relatives near the airport on Thursday night."There was a UN staff member killed when he was returning back home around 3:00 am after attending a funeral, so he was shot dead," one witness said. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oq2oSfDth9UaMoaabLKRaLJic6ee%2Bo8ffaK1NNmQA%3D72A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
