Abyei administration accuses pro-Khartoum militias of killing 5 civilians
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By Ngor Arol Garang
March 21, 2011 (AGOK) - The administration of the oil producing region
of Abyei on Monday accused Khartoum government sponsored militiamen of
killing five civilians and injuring another in the village of Dungop,
located north-east of Abyei town on 21 March 2011.
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An unidentified woman stands in the central market of Abyei, Sudan,
Thursday Jan. 13, 2011 (AP)
Tension in Abyei, following armed confrontations in late February and
early March 2011, between the two rival tribe of Dinka Ngok and the
Arab nomadic tribe of Misseriya, allegedly backed up by the Sudan
Armed Forces (SAF) and conspiring with the Khartoum-based government,
are high.
South Sudan’s ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) and the
northern National Congress Party (NCP) appear unable to resolve
impasses over the oil-rich Abyei region.
Speaking in an interview with Sudan Tribune in Abyei, Acuil Miyen
Akol, minister for finance in the Abyei area administration accused
the Khartoum backed Popular Defense Forces of having killed five
civilians and wounding another in the village of Dungop on 21 March
2011.
"The so called Muharrelen and sometimes Popular Defense Force sneaked
into the village of Dungop and killed five innocent civilians and
wounding another today. The innocent civilians were shot dead while
they were sleeping. This occurred between 1.30 and 2.00am this
morning", said Acuil. He said one of the victims who survived
identified the attackers as members of the Misseriya tribe.
Lieutenant Mabek Lual of the Joint Integrated Units in the village of
Tajalei confirmed to Sudan Tribune the killing of five civilians on
Monday.
"Yes, five people have been killed by groups whose footprints have
been traced to the territory of Misseriya", said the military officer,
adding that there were herders grazing cows in the area on 21 March.
"Some armed groups identified as members of the Misseriya were sighted
south-west of Tajalei on Sunday evening. They were following their
cows coming into Tajalei from Todach. I did not see them myself but
soldiers who went on reconnaissance reported having seen them around
the south-west of Tajalei," said Lual.
Rahman Abdel Rahman, the NCP’s deputy chief administrator of Abyei
said he did not have any information about the incident and denied
Misseriya involvement.
"I do not have any information of this incident. I also do not believe
Misseriya entered the village you said because it is inside villages
Misseriya have not been allowed access since the year began. Arabs
with cows have not been allowed access to areas around this village
since the year began, let alone entering now. It must be an isolated
incident", said Rahaman.
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