Sunday, February 13, 2011

South Sudan Minister Jimmy Lemi Milla Shot Dead

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South Sudan Minister Jimmy Lemi Milla Shot Dead A south Sudan minister has been shot in an apparent personal dispute, the southern army has announced.

Jimmy Lemi Milla (pictured), and his bodyguard, were killed after an attacker broke into his parked car, stole his bodyguard's gun, and shot the minister of cooperatives and rural development several times in his office, witnesses reported.

"He shot the minister with two shots to the forehead, two in the shoulders and one in the arm. He died immediately," said Thomas Wani Kondo, an MP with the south's ruling SPLM movement.

The killer then shot and killed 62-year-old Lemi's bodyguard before being wrestled to the ground and taken into custody.

The attacker was Lemi's brother-in-law, who allegedly wanted to claim two months worth of unpaid wages, officials said, dismissing any political motive behind the killing.


Secession vote

The incident comes two days after the results of a referendum on south Sudan's secession from the north prompted wild celebrations in the city on the White Nile, which will become the capital of the world's newest country when the state of Southern Sudan is created on July 9.

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