Red Cross Reports Massive Destructions in Bor The Jonglei state Director of South Sudan Red Cross (SSRC), David Gai Deer, has said that all the premises belonging to humanitarian agencies have been looted by rebels after Bor was captured last week. 28 December 2013
By Jacob Achiek Jok JUBA, 28 December 2013 [Gurtong] – Gai in his statement said at least seven vehicles belonging to Red Cross have been looted by the rebel group including vehicles for International Committee for Red Cross (ICRC) after forces loyal to Dr. Riek Machar captured Bor town. “All the markets have been looted and the humanitarian agencies premises have been looted including our South Sudan Red Cross compound in Bor town,” David Gai said. He said that all non-food items for about one thousand households have been looted in SSRC main store in Bor. He said that it is very difficult for SSRC to assist the community because all their vehicles have been looted by the rebel adding that they are now trying to mobilize their volunteers. “It is very difficult now to establish because we just come in now and there is nothing as their office have been looted, all the vehicles have been taken away by the rebel, there is nothing left in the SSRC compound,” he said. He said that nothing has been left in their compound at all, “our compound has been damage so there is nothing we have, it is very difficult because we don’t have capacity to respond immediately to humanitarian situation.” Jonglei state caretaker governor, John Koang Nyuon, has assessed the situation in Bor where he said that everything including the government premises has been destroyed by the rebel forces. “The situation of the town, when we went to access the state especially situation of the state capital [Bor] there were a lot of damages and destruction made by rebel forces. They destroyed all the government offices including governor’s office,” the Caretaker Governor John Koang said. Koang told journalist while in Jonglei coordination office that forces loyal to Riek Machar broke into the commercial banks, shops, and all residential areas. “They broke banks, looted everything even in the shops including the residential houses; there is nothing in the town,” he said. The National Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Michael Makuei Lueth, after his visit to Jonglei said that they have witnessed massive destruction of properties and buildings. “We have seen the types of destruction that had been done to the properties and the building, it is unfortunate that the coup makers really mean to win the country then why destroy any captured property of the people of South Sudan,” Michael Makuei Lueth said. Posted in: Home, Governance, 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14opnc7KLk71z3rnuLHMQBCya_vpNnhO7Qmt7dF3foGB16g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
