Jonglei: At least 14 killed and 37 injured in land dispute in Twic East County Article Comments (10) Email PrintSave --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
March 4, 2011 (BOR) – Between 14 and 22 people have been killed and over 30 injured in clashes in Jonglei state on March 3, between Ayual and Dacuek communities over land disputes. The incident occurred in the Wuanglei area of Nyuak Payam [district] of Twic East County Jonglei governor Kuol Manyang (ST - File) Jonglei governor Kuol Manyang told reporters Friday in his office in Bor, the capital of the state, that he had received reports that the death total death toll was 14 people including the SPLA soldier and 37 injured. Kuol said that the fighting was caused by an ongoing long-term dispute over land between what he called “long time dispute” between Ayual and Dacuek communities at Wuanglei. An investigation into the cause of the fighting has been launched. However according to reports Sudan Tribune has received by eye witnesses in the area the number of is 22 and with 38 people injured. The fighting broke out yesterday at 10am local time and concluded at around 2pm. Eye witnesses told Sudan Tribune from Panyagoor, the capital of Twic East County that the two sides used AK47’s and other machine guns including F9 grenades among others arms. A fact finding committee is expected to travel to Wuanglei to investigate how many people were killed and whether F9 grenades and other weapons were used in the fighting. According to the eye witnesses 10 people were killed from the Ayual community and 10 from the Dacuek community. The other two casualties were an SPLA soldier who attempted to intervene to rescue the situation and another man who was killed in the cross fire. Of the injured, sources from the area said 22 were from Ayual and 15 from Dacuek. One SPLA soldier was also injured in the cross fire. Youth leaders on both sides and MPs in Bor said they were not able to confirm the figures given by the governor or Sudan Tribune’s sources claiming not to have received detailed reports from the area. Governor Kuol has appealed to people of Wuanglei, inside Sudan and in the Diaspora not to escalate the conflict, adding that the government is capable of handling the situation. He vowed to deploy more police and SPLA soldiers to Wuanglei to prevent further fighting and to bring people who caused the conflict to justice. Kuol also said his request the United Nation Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) office for flights to bring injured people to hospital had been accepted adding that evacuation of wounded people was due to take on Friday, March 4. In a series of meeting were held by youth leaders and MPs, it was suggested that wounded should be treated in separate hospitals. Debate over this caused the UNMIS flights to be delayed. Seven people with serious injuries from Dacuek were brought to Bor civil hospital on Thursday night but one passed away immediately on arrival. "With UNMIS secured flight, plans are under way to take the wounded people of Ayual to either Juba, or another clinic in Bor for treatment to avoid further clashes in Bor", adviser to the the governor, Deng Alier said. Later on Friday, an eye witness said that SPLA soldiers had destroyed residential houses in Wuanglei by burning them in retaliation for the soldier who was killed in the cross fire. The situation in the area remains high according to local people. (ST) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
