Lakes state: Five killed in night attack in Cueibet County
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By Manyang Mayom
June 1, 2011 (RUMBEK) - At least five people were killed at Panrak
village in Cueibet of Lakes state on Tuesday night by unknown gunmen
suspected to be a gang of pastoralist youth from Rumbek Central County
seeking revenge for previous murders, according to local officials.
Among the dead are three are women, a six month old baby and a man of
35 years old. Two people sustained serious injuries in the attack and
have been admitted to Rumbek hospital.
The commissioner of Cueibet County Isaac Mayom Malek told Sudan
Tribune that the attack was one of many deadly attacks carried out by
youth from Rumbek Central County, who harass vehicles traveling on the
road between the counties on a daily basis. He claimed that he had
captured youth gangs from his state that had carried out attacks “but
Rumbek central county have not captured their gang.”
The commissioner of Rumbek Central County, Matur Majok Magol,
responded to the claims saying that his county authority have arrested
all chiefs of Rumbek Central County that border Cueibet County with
the intention to ask them to identify the pastoralist youth who are
suspected of being involved in Tuesday’s killing and of banditry in
the area.
“I have captured all chiefs of Rumbek Central County who are bordering
Cueibet County. I capture them so that they must to identify the
involved youth in killing of women, children and those youth who
hijack cars on road between Cueibet and Rumbek Central County”, he
said.
However, the commissioner of Cueibet said that, unlike his he county,
Rumbek Central County’s authorities have declined put in the necessary
efforts to capture gang members operating from their county.
Commissioner Mayom said: “I am always ready with my county authority
police to capture culprits. Now I have capture[d] all culprits who
involved in killing but Rumbek Central County did not capture [their]
accused”. He said that because of this his county had suffered “a lot
on insecurity” and crime.
Mayom said that since the beginning of April 17 people have been
killed, most of them women and children, in fighting between Cueibet
and Rumbek Central County’s. He described the death’s as a “terrible
situation” that cannot be “tolerated anymore” calling for a quick
solution to be found by the Lakes state government.
>From April 1 to May 30, this year, attacks and revenge attacks have
killed 10 women and three children (and four men). In Panrak, three
women and one child were killed. In Malok village, four women were
killed including one child. In Aber village, two old women were killed
inside their car. In Agangrial, two women and one child were killed
and in Rumbek North County, one girl was killed.
The governments of Lakes state usually sends police to capture the
suspects of such killings but so far nobody has been charged with the
murders.
According to Lakes state minister of the Local Government and Law
Enforcement Agency, Mabor Mayen Wol, the state government has captured
a large number of suspects but he refused to give details or allow
those arrested to be witnessed by the media for security reasons.
Insecurity in South Sudan is one of the major concerns for the region
as it approaches independence in July. Decades of civil war mean that
the region is one of the poorest in the world. Many groups are still
well armed despite government disarmament campaigns.
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