Two South Sudanese SPLM delegates killed in ambush
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Eye Radio
Journalist Veronica Lucy Gordon and former teacher Justin Akim were killed in an ambush targeting SPLM delegates in Mundri, South Sudan. Two other people were wounded and several delegates fled, according to acting Information Minister Noah Issa.
Two SPLM delegates, the main political party in South Sudan, including former South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation journalist Veronica Lucy Gordon, were killed on Thursday evening in an ambush on their convoy in Miri Loko, Mundri East County, as they were returning from the party primaries, according to acting Information Minister Noah Issa, quoted by Eye Radio. Two other people were wounded by gunfire.
The victims were attacked at around 7pm in the convoy’s last vehicle as they headed towards Mundri West after primaries held in Lui Payam, Noah Issa said. Veronica Lucy Gordon had recently been nominated as a candidate for a seat reserved for women in the National Legislative Assembly. The minister said the two wounded people were receiving treatment at Lui Hospital and that several delegates fled into the bush during the attack.
The attackers, described by Noah Issa as bandits, have not been identified and their motive remains unknown. The attack came two days after 71 delegates fled the SPLM primaries in South Sudan on 11 November.
