Rumbek East commissioner survives highway attack
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June 23, 2013 (RUMBEK) - A group of unknown gunmen assaulted a private
car carrying the commissioner of Rumbek East county, David Marial
Gumke, in Lakes state on Friday.
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Rumbek East county commissioner David Marial Gumke (ST)
A security source told Sudan Tribune that the armed men attacked the
vehicle while it was traveling between Pulkuc and Bar-naam river,
about 12km from Aduol, Rumbek East county’s headquarters.
There has been an increase in attacks in the area, the source said,
adding that the police and other forces "are on alert".
Gumke is Lakes state’s longest serving commissioner, having held the
position since his appointment in 2012. Many commissioners were
reshuffled after the elected governor Chol Tong Mayay was by and
caretaker military governor Maj-Gen Matur Chut Dhuol.
Gumke told Sudan Tribune that none of the passengers, including
himself had been injured in the attack, adding that the state
government was working hard to get rid of highway bandits.
"Unknown gunmen appeared in front of [our] car and then shot at us",
Gumke told Sudan Tribune.
He said that his bodyguard responded immediately by returning fire,
while he and the other passengers sought cover.
The security forces are trying to collect information on who was
behind the ambush, he said.
In May, four people were arrested in connection with a highway robbery
incident, in which a senior South Sudan army (SPLA) official was
injured in Pacuok, just after Bar-Naam bridge in Lakes state’s Rumbek
East County.
Machol Deng Ring, a senior security officer, suffered a gunshot wound
after a group of armed men appeared in front of the car and
immediately opened fire.
However, four suspects have not appeared in court and their
whereabouts remain unclear, with some people suspecting that they are
being held at the controversial Langcok military prison, located in
the northern part of Rumbek Central county.
In March, 36 banditry suspects were held in Lakes state military
prison , none of them have appeared in court.
The arrests come as the police are attempting to stop ambushes on
vehicles travelling on the highway, which travels from Juba, through
Lakes state, to Unity state and Western Bahr el Ghazal to the north
and northwest, respectively.
(ST)
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