Heavy gunfire has erupted in South Sudan’s capital of Juba at the home of the country’s former spy chief who has been under house arrest for the past two months. According to witnesses, soldiers exchanged fire with Gen. Akol Koor’s security guards in Juba’s high-end neighborhood of Thongpiny for about an hour on Thursday night.
’s capital of Juba at the home of the country’s former spy chief who has been under house arrest for the past two months, residents said.
According to witnesses, soldiers exchanged fire with Gen. Akol Koor’s security guards in Juba’s high-end neighborhood of Thongpiny for about an hour.“There was a misunderstanding between the army and security forces deployed at the home,” he said and added that more details would be provided on Friday.
Koor has been under house arrest since early October after he was fired from the intelligence service. He was also appointed a state governor and sacked from that position before taking office.The government has not commented about Koor’s house arrest and reasons for sacking. A witness to the gunfire, Ter Manyang Gatwech, said he was in the Thongpiny area when the gunshots started and that people closed their shops in a rush, running for cover.South Sudan remains fragile despite a 2018 peace agreementPresident Salva Kiir and his former rival turned deputy Riek Machar have been in charge of the implementation of the peace agreement and critics say it has taken longer to be fully implemented.
The country’s elections that were scheduled for December but were postponed for two years to allow time for key aspects of the peace agreement to be fully implemented and provide the electoral body time to conduct voter registration.
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