Jonglei: Six people killed and one wounded in Ayod cattle rustling
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By John Actually
May 17, 2011 (BOR) — at least six people were killed and one wounded
in what appeared to be a new cattle rustling in Ayod South area,
particularly Kuanydeng village in which a huge herds of cattle was
confiscated.
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Mundari herds of cattle seen at the border between Mundari and Dinka
Bor May 15,2011 (John Actually - ST)
Jonglei minister of law enforcement, Gabriel Duop Lam told Sudan
Tribune that the attack took place on May 16, in the morning at
Kuanydeng where the attackers managed taking un- estimated number of
cattle.
According to Duop, the attackers killed three civilians and injured
one police in the battle that left their (attackers) three people dead
before they made away with cattle.
Duop said he has sent more police force in vehicles to run after them
in attempt to retrieve the confiscated cattle.
The minister accused Murle tribesmen of been responsible for the
attack, alleging his evident to the absence of one or two mid-lower
teeth and some small body scars found on the dead bodies of the
attackers.
Speaking to Sudan Tribune from Ayod County, Mr. Gatkier Dang, who
works as the County coordinator said on phone that security forces are
still on run after the rustlers, saying one body returns yet.
Murle-Nuer clashes over cattle rustling has intensified since last
month after the Nuer Lou attacked Murle Kongkong and other villages in
three days heavy fight that left over 400 people dead, over 14,000
herds of cattle looted and about 9,000 people displaced in Pibor
County.
Jonglei state is the second largest state in South Sudan and most
populated state in the region with the highest insecurity issues
reported yearly that arise from within the major tribes, Murle, Dinka
Bor and Nuer with child abduction and cattle raiding as the center of
conflicts. The state has never been peaceful since the north-south
peace deal was signed in Naivasha Kenya in 2005 that ended a
two-decade civil war between north and south.
(ST)
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