At Least 21 Killed, 4 Seriously Wounded In Unity State Tribal Clash
At least 21 people including eight policemen have been reported killed during sectional fighting between Bul community of Mayom County and Jagei community of Koch County in Unity State and four others are reported wounded from both sides. 18 May 2013 By Luk Riek Nyak JUBA, 17 May 2013 (Gurtong) – The Unity State Security Advisor Hon. Manyiew Dak Gong says the security situation in the areas where they were fighting has returned to normal and investigation is going on till the perpetrators are brought to book. He has also reported that eight policemen were among the dead including two from SPLA’s Disabled department who were trying to crackdown the group, other eight from Mayom and five from Koch County. After the outbreak of the conflict, the Deputy Governor has directed the SPLA forces to fully intervene and to deploy enough soldiers to the site of conflict at Wang-dhoala and Bouw between Koch and Mayom counties and ordered them to go back to their respective areas. Although the cause of the fighting is not known, an eyewitness say it is cause by cattle raiders who are carrying out cattle rustling between the bordering areas of the two counties. Peter Pouch says the SPLA should carry out immediate and peaceful disarmament in the state as well as the rest of the states in South Sudan to avoid tribal fight being fueled by cattle rustling. Posted in: Home, Governance, Humanitarian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
