Warrap cattle raiders kill 28 people in Unity states
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September 12, 2011 (JUBA) – Thousands of heavily armed cattle raiders
from Warrap state have launched attacks on a number of payams in
Mayendit county in Unity state, killing at least 28 people, wounding
18 others and stealing over 100,000 heads of cattle, officials have
said.
The Saturday evening raid was launched from Tonj East county of
Warrap, confirmed the Mayandit commissioner, Simon Gatdit Jiek. He
told the Sudan Tribune that the raiders targeted the three payams of
Goang-Yaguar, Tharuath Bor and Daab-Lual. He said among the 28 killed
eight were children while 13 were women.
The County authority has also confirmed that after some youth from his
county followed the raiders, 680 cattle were recovered in a place
called Manyang in Warap state. No casualties were reported on the side
of the attackers.
The Unity state’s minister of information, Gideon Gatpan Thor,
confirmed the incidence on Monday, adding that the state government is
doing all it can to calm the situation while assessing the impact of
the attack.
Thor further said the government and the UN including the county
authority all are making sure that an emergency assistance is provided
to the local people who have been affected by the incidence.
Unlike the Mayom County which has been in counter cross border attacks
with Warrap state, it was the first time after independence of South
Sudan on 9 July that the two counties of Tonj East in Warrap state and
Mayendit County of Unity state involve in the cross border violence.
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