{"id":68747,"date":"2024-11-17T17:42:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T17:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/one-killed-10-family-members-injured-in-yirol-west-grenade-blast"},"modified":"2024-11-17T17:42:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T17:42:00","slug":"one-killed-10-family-members-injured-in-yirol-west-grenade-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/one-killed-10-family-members-injured-in-yirol-west-grenade-blast","title":{"rendered":"One killed, 10 family members injured in Yirol West grenade blast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>One person was killed and 10 family members sustained serious injuries following a grenade explosion in Lakes State\u2019s Yirol West County on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Lakes State Police Spokesperson Maj Elijah Mabor Makuac told Radio Tamazuj that those injured were receiving treatment at the Yirol West County Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn incident occurred in Kadula Village under Yirol West County when a 21-year-old man came home drunk and quarreled with his family members and later took his hand grenade and exploded it,\u201d he said<\/p>\n<p>Makuac said the suspect hurled the grenade at the family members, killing his 15-year-old sister and seriously injuring 10 others. He was also injured in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the victims were evacuated to Yirol West County Hospital for treatment. The investigations will continue but the suspect is in detention in hospital,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Makuac said the suspect is a civilian and the grenade belonged to his late father, who was a soldier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe hand grenade remained at home because the father failed to surrender it to the authorities,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Makuac appealed that all security wares previously possessed by the late soldier be handed over to the authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakes State Civil Society Network Chairperson Angelina Adhel raised concern over the incident happening in a home.<\/p>\n<p>She said it was important for the government of Lakes State to create awareness about the risks of keeping weapons in their houses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\">South-Sudan<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. One person was killed and 10 family members sustained serious injuries following a grenade explosion in Lakes State\u2019s Yirol West County on Thursday. Lakes State Police Spokesperson Maj Elijah Mabor Makuac told Radio Tamazuj that those injured were receiving treatment at the Yirol West County Hospital. \u201cAn incident occurred in Kadula Village [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":68746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,265,233],"class_list":["post-68747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-sudan","tag-south-sudan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>One killed, 10 family members injured in Yirol West grenade blast - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/one-killed-10-family-members-injured-in-yirol-west-grenade-blast\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"One killed, 10 family members injured in Yirol West grenade blast\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. 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