Lakes state: Three killed by unknown gunman in Rumbek road to Cueibet County
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By Manyang Mayom
May 24, 2011 (RUMBEK) - Unknown gunmen killed three people and injured
four on Tuesday on the road from Rumbek, the capital of Lakes state in
South Sudan, and Cueibet County.
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The car where three dead bodies were discovered on Tuesday in Aber
payam of Rumbek central county of Lakes state, South Sudan. May 24,
2011 (ST)
A small child and a man with two broken legs were admitted to Rumbek
hospital. The incident occurred at 1:30pm on Tuesday in Aber payam of
Rumbek Central county located western part of Rumbek.
Sudan Tribune visited the scene of the incident Aber payam [district]
of Rumbek Central County, 15km from Rumbek town, and witnessed three
dead bodies still lying inside the car.
The vehicle had a GOSS 2299 number plate indicating that it was owned
by the Government of Southern Sudan.
Among three dead bodies, two were old women and one was a young man
who is believed to be member of fire-bridge in Lakes state.
John Buong Maker, a traffic police officer who managed to escape from
the attack told Sudan Tribune that is was a “terrible situation”.
Buong said that the attackers “were not soldiers” but civilian cattle keepers.
“Those who attacked us were only six gunmen in civilian clothes. They
are civilians. They are cattle keepers of Rumbek Central County
belonged to Agar section. I have managed to escape with three people
who sustained injured in that ambush. Among those who sustained wounds
are two women and one small child but their condition will improve,”
he said.
Buong explained that “we were coming along that road. I see six people
running alongside the road. They arrive along the roadside and they
started shooting at us. They killed three people, two women who died
immediate inside car. The driver was also killed on [the] spot”.
The government of Lakes state has sent police to investigate the
incident, which comes as South Sudan approaches independence in July.
Insecurity caused by cattle raiding and banditry as well as rebel
groups in the region is expected to be one of the
soon-to-be-independent nation’s major problems post-secession.
(ST)
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