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Gumbo-Sherikat court case adjourned for fourth time The trial of suspects accused of killing civilians during last year’s Gumbo-Sherikat incident was adjourned again for the fourth time after the main accused were unable to attend court. Over 20 defendants had been due to face the court in Juba today, but the date has been put back to the 15th of March. The court was to uphold charges and listen to findings of investigations into the June incident where at least six people were killed in Juba’s Gumbo-Sherikat neighbourhood. The incident sparked by wrangles over a disputed piece of land also resulted in the killing of a military officer, Lt. Col. Lual Akook Wol, who was identified as a distant relative of President Salva Kiir. The late Lt. Col. Lual Akook was accused of allowing his soldiers to shoot civilians indiscriminately. ....