Over 50 Households Burnt In Kokab Village, Sudan
More than 50 South Sudanese houses were burnt last week in Kokab area north of Merrham in Sudan by the group of gunmen suspected to be Bagara, a native tribe of Misseriya-Rezeigat inhabitants of Southern Kordofan and Southern Darfur who migrate to South Sudan during dry season looking for pastures. 21 February 2013 By Abraham Agoth AWEIL, 21 February 2013 [Gurtong] - “We went for a traditional evening dance with my neighbours to a nearby playground where we usually go to, on our return, we were shocked with smokes and flames of fire as all our village was set on fire and most of our parents were crying in the burning houses and could not escape the burning,” Ayak Tong, an 11 year-old-girl said. Tong whose parents, brothers and sisters were burnt in the fire says she escaped with her little brother whom she takes care of in the camp. Abuk Deng, a mother of four kids whose breastfeeding child got burnt in the house during the incident and was rescued by the group of young men. “I narrowly managed to get out my kids especially this burnt one, this is the kind of incident for the years we spent in Kokab, my husband was in the nearby home where he went for social conversation with neighbours, before his return, they were surprised with smoke and flames and when they wanted to come for rescue, they were too attacked and got that home burnt; there, the attackers shooting guns and few of them got escaped in the fire and shootings, up to now, I do not know whether my husband is still alive somewhere in the bush or got killed attacks,” Deng said. The director of Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (RRC) Mr. Deng Kuel Kuel says that his commission is in consultation with the humanitarian agencies and the World Food Programmes (WFP) to speed up in providing the food and non-food items to the victims. “The relief partners are making verifications and are now ready to release assistance. According to the information I have from the eyewitnesses, there are houses burnt and several lives lost. Currently, I have eleven households and fifty three individuals,” said Kuel. Kuel urges the victims to be patient until the government in line with humanitarian agencies addresses the situation. Payam Administrator at Ariath, Reech Malong Wol who is hosting the survivors has appealed to the NGOs and government to speedily look into the situation and rescue them with medicines, shelter, food and water. These South Sudanese victims were residing in Kokab mainly for farming. Kokab is a village in North Merrham where Misseriya practice farming, hence these people were there working for Misseriya until they settled and had increased in number. Posted in: Home, Humanitarian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
