Suspected South Sudan soldiers set homes ablaze, loot villagers Daily Monitor Moyo, 12/4/2012 – Armed men suspected to be South Sudanese soldier yesterday morning attacked Gwere West Village in Lefori Sub-County, Moyo District, and set six huts on fire. The five assailants, who were clad in South Sudan army uniform, attacked villagers claiming that they were illegally residing in South Sudan territory. According to the witnesses, the assailants ordered residents, some of whom were preparing to go to their gardens, out of their huts and looted household property before setting the huts ablaze. Mr. Charles Adrawa, one of the residents whose huts was burnt, told Uganda Daily Monitor yesterday that “They put me at gun point and told me to vacate because I am allegedly staying on land that belongs to South Sudan. They then started shooting when some people attempted to resist.” He added they started firing in the air to disperse us from our houses which they later set ablaze. Mr. Adrawa said he lost three sacks of maize grain, five sacks of dried cassava and two sacks of millet. Another man whose house was also set in flames, but declined to be named out of fear, said; some of the children scampered for their lives in the nearby bushes as they (assailants) fired bullets indiscriminately in the air. Some sustained bruises as they took cover. The Lefori Sub-County councilor, Mr. Martin Izaruku, confirmed the incident, saying: People in the Sub-County are tired of the constant invasion by the SPLA soldiers. It is high time government intervenes to save people from bloodshed. The Moyo acting police commander, Mr. Ignatius Dragudu, said they will deploy more security personnel in the area. “We will deploy police and army at the border to prevent further attacks,” said Dragudu.
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