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A three-year-old girl reportedly died at the weekend in Aweil
West County, Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, when a wall collapsed on her.
The incident occurred at Marol Akon residential neighborhood
during a demolition of an old hut, according to a detective in the area.
That day, the mother hired some workers to demolish the structure
to build a new house on the same piece of land.
“She hired people to erase the wall, but she did not check
that children were in a safe place,” Lt.-Col. Philip Agany told Akol Yam FM on Monday.
“The woman thought the child might have gone to her
grandmother’s house. So, she left for the market.”
Agany said the workers had no idea that Abuk Ajing Atak Bol was
behind the wall they were demolishing, local police said.
He stated: “At around 11 a.m., they came to us, SAYING that
the child had gone missing. So, when the search was conducted, a cloth the
child was wearing was seen, and that is how the child was found dead in the
rubble.”
Agany disclosed that the mother of the little girl, Achai
Agat Deng, 37, is under investigation, along with the two workers.
He said a negligence case has been opened against all of
them for failing to check the surrounding before demolishing the wall.
The South Sudan Penal Code 2008 states that any person who
by any act whatsoever causes serious bodily harm or injury to another person,
negligently failing to realize that serious bodily harm may result from his or
her conduct, or negligently failing to guard against that possibility, commits
an offense.
“Upon conviction, [the offender] shall be sentenced to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or with a fine or with both,”
reads Article 244.