Two kidnapped children in freed from Lake State cattle rustlers
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By Bonifacio Taban Kuich
January 31, 2012 (BENTIU) - Group of criminal gangs suspected to have
come have stolen over 300 head of cattle and abducted two children in
“Dhorkiere” from west Pachar payam of Payinjiar County of Unity State.
Unity State officials allege that the cattle raiders came from
Amongpiny and Malek Payams of Rumbek Central County of Lakes State.
According to Peter Gai Joak, the area commissioner, said that the
South Sudan army (SPLA) and police recovered the stolen cows and the
two abducted children on Monday 30 January.
One of the cattle owners was shot dead in the raid, the official said,
with two others seriously wounded.
Payinjiar County held a disarmament campaign last year but now they
say this has left them vulnerable to attacks.
The county was affected by a flood last year. Many families depend on
their cows to survive and they extremely valuable for status and
bridal wealth. .
The Payinjiar County commissioner strongly condemned the brutal attack
by the group of armed cattle rustlers.
“It is unfortunate that some people are still continuing with these
brutal activities and frustrate government efforts of bringing peace
into the region”, said Joak.
Joak told Sudan Tribune on Tuesday that now security is back to normal
following the return of the stolen cattle. The attack was one of the
first such attacks in Unity State since South Sudan’s independence in
July 2011.
Last year the Payinjiar County commissioner together with local chiefs
and SPLA forces collected more than 300 guns from civilians. Joak has
made wide campaign in the disarmament exercise by convincing the local
population to handover their weapons freely without the use of force,
saying that he would guarantee their security.
Joak promised the civilian population in his county that security was
his priority.
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