A Police investigator presented to the court in Wau documents related to the killing of six farmers in Farajalla, Bagari Payam, the place where Wau County headquarters was transferred.
Second Lieutenant Lola Karlo, who is in charge of the Farajalla case, presented to Wau North Court on Thursday evidence, including pictures of corpse and the autopsy issued by Wau Teaching Hospital, Voice of Hope reported.She explained to the court that the police took preliminary procedures right away to initiate the criminal case, inspecting the scene of the incident and witnessing the arrival of bodies for autopsy at the Wau Teaching Hospital.
Seventeen suspects of Farajalla killings are facing charges of criminal participation and instigation of violence.
This was the second appearance of Farajalla suspects before the court. Last week the hearing was postponed due to absence of defence lawyers.
The suspects include an MP representing Bagari Payam, a youth leader, Farajalla’s chief and a Technical Advisor to the State Ministry of Infrastructure.
The other suspects are aged between 18 and 42, most of them working as farmers and one student.
The defence lawyer requested the presence of the medical doctor who did the autopsy of six bodies, two women and four farmers, to testify before the court.
Three defence lawyers plus two Government legal consultants attended the second hearing.
In a related development, Wau North court judges forbade a SSTV-Wau branch journalist to cover court proceedings.