Bor County Commissioner arrests 2 chiefs over cattle raid Sudan Radio Service Kuajok, 15/8/2012 – Bor county authorities are holding two chiefs whose youth carried out a cattle raid in Pibor County last week. On Saturday, rustlers allegedly from Bor carried out the raid in Kothchar village, driving away hundreds of cattle herds. The raiders battled with the police on their way back to Bor but managed to enter with the herds. Two raiders who sustained chest cheek and chest wounds are now in police custody. Bor Commissioner Maker Lual spoke to SRS in Bor on Tuesday. He said the army and the police are also conducting a search to trace the other culprits. "We ordered for the arrest of the chiefs, who are the chiefs of these two criminals, so we ordered for their arrest, but according to law of course, they are innocent. So, they are being kept by the police while the search is being conducted. So far up to now we have not reached anything. The army is also trying its level best, I met with the commander of the restore peace command and they are also trying their level best to trace these culprits," said Mr. Lual. Commissioner Maker Lual said he will return the cattle to Pibor authorities once they are retrieved. The Saturday cattle raid came 3 months after Jonglei state communities reached a peace deal and pledged to commit themselves to peace, reconciliation and tolerance amongst them, including return of stolen animals and abducted children.
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