Unity State, South Sudan
November 9,2021—The Law enforcement authorities in Bentiu Protection of Civilians site (PoC) in Unity State confirmed that at least two young men stabbed each other to death last Saturday.
In a statement seen by Nyamilepedia, the commander of the Joint Security Force in Bentiu POC, Colonel Manyang Tap Chol, says that the deceased were identified as Robert Gaynor and Gatmai Kuony who have had a feud since September when the former injured the latter during a fight.
“The two young men called each other when they met and they went alone carrying knives (Kokhav) to where there was no one to separate them,” Col. Tap said.
“They fought and stabbed each other with knives and both died on Saturday.”, Col. Tap quoted by Radio Tamazuj to have said.
Col. Tap said the police initiated a raid on any persons found carrying knives or any form of tools and so far nine youths have been arrested.
He said the police and joint security operatives were deployed in all five sectors of the PoC with orders to arrest anyone found carrying a knife adding that the sanitation security group will help police in identifying criminals.
The deputy commander of the joint security force in the Bentiu POC, James Gatkuoi also confirmed the death of the two youth and said the knives they used were distributed to the internally displaced people in the PoC for personal use only.
“There are gangs called ‘niggas’ who fight themselves during dances using knives,” Gatkuoi explained.
“These knives were distributed to them by the UN for their personal use but now they are using them against themselves.”, he said.
According to experts, lack of youth employment has left many young people idle to commit crimes that could have been avoided; however, the government is doing very little to fix that instead it encourages the youth to create jobs for themselves.
