Radio Tamazuj in a statement on Wednesday condemns the killing of its journalist Pow James Raeth by unknown perpetrators in Akobo County of Jonglei State.
The Radio Director Hildebrand Bijleveld says local authorities informed them that Pow also was shot dead while walking with a friend in the Akobo area after returning from an office where they could access internet.
He reports that the County Commissioner Tut Chol Rial says the shooting of the journalist was ‘not intentional but was a crossfire’ linking the incident to a dispute between two clans in the area.
Mr Bijleveld extends Radio Tamazuj sincere condolences to the family and friends of the late Raeth, describing him as a talented and hard working young man who showed so much promise and potential.
The Director reports that at the time of his death the late was working on a story about relations between the Murle and Lou Nuer tribes.
A peace ambassador from the area Gatwech Koak Nyuon identified the other victim as Yohannes Pal Kuek, a university student, commenting that it was not the first time the clans in Akobo are targeting intellectuals who are far from the clans’ clashes.
He says civilians used to fight among themselves, but revenged against their loved ones by killing an intellectual instead of the killer, lamenting the two deceased had nothing to do with the conflict between the two clans.