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Freedom Hall gunshots trigger claims to assassinate Machar, overthrow Kiir

by Press Room


President Salva Kiir (R) and First Vice President Riek Machar. [Photo: Getty Images]

JUBA — The gunshots that rang out near Freedom Hall in Juba, where a court session linked to the trial of First Vice President Dr Riek Machar and seven co-accused was underway, have sparked allegations of a covert plot to assassinate Machar and overthrow President Salva Kiir.

In a statement, SPLA-IO spokesperson Col. Lam Paul Gabriel said on Saturday that the movement’s intelligence unit had uncovered what he described as a coordinated plan by…

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