SPLA soldier rapes 60-year-old woman in Yei Radio EasterThursday, March 2, 2017 - 15:59
A young SPLA soldier allegedly raped a sixty-year-old woman in her house at Böri Boma of Mukaya County, three kilometers north of Yei town. The victim says the soldier closed her inside, raped her as she cried while praying to God, Radio Easter reports. “The SPLA/M Soldiers came in large number, they started greeting me that mama, are you okay, and then I replied I’m fine. They left and I went to the zinc house to see what is inside but unfortunately everything is looted by the soldiers then one soldier of over 20 years old closed me inside corked a gun to threaten me to accept sex. He teared my underwear, laid me down and I started crying. I said my son don’t you fear sleeping with an old woman like me, please leave me, I prayed to God. My young daughter heard my cry and came in and I told her to run so that she’s not raped. Since I am an old woman the soldier fidgeted to fix because my private part is closed and it is used for urine. After that he ran. I later came to ends of Yei Kare, but to my surprise I met the same soldiers coming to another house shooting shooting shooting until someone called Barah found me pulling myself down. I feared because the same soldiers who greeted me will rape me again” The old woman narrates The incident happened at around 9 AM in the morning at Böri Boma of Mukaya County in Yei River State. Mukaya County Commissioner Daniel Jojon Clement confirms that the soldier threatened the old woman at a gun point and raped her. The incident happened when a group of SPLA soldiers went for patrol in the area then one of them branched to the woman’s house, he adds. Director-General of Gender and Social Welfare Victoria Nasera Augustine strongly condemns the act of raping old women, pregnant, breastfeeding mothers and young girls. She urges the government to take issues of abusing women in the state seriously to avoid members of communities from running away. The executive chief of Mukaya community James Mongu reported the victim to the police and took her for treatment at Yei Civil Hospital. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- 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]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14ooYLSZZOpdQpggtieYTpKZqXerWQC-BEvBM4BUh2opYeg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
