Suspected Raiding Attempts Claim 8 Lives At least eight people are suspected to have been killed during suspected cattle raiding and counter revenge attacks in Lakes State. 28 December 2013
By Gabriel Mayom RUMBEK, 28 December 2013 (Gurtong) – The officer who requested anonymity at the Lakes state Criminal Investigations Department (CID) said that revenge occurred on Saturday where a person identified as Maliet Majok Cenmuoth was killed by unknown person at Anyinyong area located in northern part of Rumbek Central County. The officer said that the incident must be revenge and they suspected a rival clan for the killing. The dead man was from Joth section that recently clashed with Nyang section following the death of a student in November. The CID noted that the man was coming out from Akot cattle near Langcok military barrack as he was ambushed. In a separate incident, Cueibet County commissioner Isaac Mayom Malek, confirmed another incident suspected to be cattle raid but could not provide the number of people killed during gunfire exchange between the suspected cattle raiders and the cattle owners in Lila cattle camp. Lila cattle camp is located South-west of Rumbek Central County. Police in Rumbek Central County confirmed that one person was killed and two people had gunshot wounds on the side of Rumbek Central County. Police who were on ground in Lila said that about eight bodies were seen on ground at Lila forest after those suspected people withdrew and all cows were recovered after the assault stopped. South Sudan Police Service in Rumbek failed to capture the suspected people involved in the clashes but they managed to arrest only one person who was injured during the clashes at Lila and the person is admitted in Rumbek State hospital. 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/CAJb14ordNjvF2GTZTg_N06-_rApcT4g4gY-obGAV3WiZtAJDsw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
