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Lakes State police said on Friday they arrested a person believed to be the prime suspect in the armed attack that critically injured Rumbek's Catholic Bishop-elect Christian Carlassare.
The South Sudan NGO Forum has condemned the killing of two humanitarian health workers in Lakes State and calls on the government to protect all aid workers in the country.
The UN on Tuesday condemned the murder of two aid workers in South Sudan and called on authorities to bring their killers to justice following a spate of similar attacks.
The victims were ambushed Monday evening as their convoy returned from delivering food relief in a village some 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Rumbek, in the conflict-prone Lakes State.
They were working for the Italian charity Doctors with Africa CUAMM.
“I call on the government to strengthen law enforcement, investigate these crimes, and to bring the perpetrators swiftly to justice,” said
Matthew Hollingworth, acting head of the United Nations humanitarian agency OCHA.