Juba – South Sudan Interior Minister Aleu Ayieny Aleu said Monday that anyone who violates the curfew in the capital is a criminal and security officers are under orders to shoot them dead.
“It is only witches who move at night,” he said.
“They steal and kill our people… Shoot them. We have to strike hard to stop this problem, so now, even civilians cannot move about at night,” Aleu said.
The council of ministers passed the shoot-to-kill order at its most recent meeting, Aleu said.
A curfew was imposed in Juba when fighting broke out in December. It currently runs from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m., but there are reports that the authorites plan to move the start time up to 8 p.m. No one was available at the Interior Ministry to confirm or deny those reports…
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