13/07/2016
Armed men kill South Sudan journalist, employer says
NAIROBI, Kenya ? Armed men have shot and killed a local radio journalist during clashes in the capital, a media organization said Wednesday, and those who knew him said it appears he was targeted because of his ethnicity. Jennifer Cobb, a spokeswoman for Internews, confirmed that John Gatluak was killed Monday at the compound of the upscale Terrain Hotel, where he had been taken for his safety after he was briefly arrested Friday night. Internews is a U.S.-funded organization that assists radio stations in South Sudan. The Rev. John Chuol, a representative of Gatluak's family, accused soldiers of killing the 32-year-old for being from the Nuer tribe, the same ethnicity as opposition...
