At least 12 people have been killed in fresh clashes in Akot Payam in Rumbek East County. 06 June 2015 By Gabriel Mayom
*RUMBEK, 06 June 2015 (Gurtong) *– In the Thursday incident armed pastoralist youths engaged police officers in a fierce fight resulting into deaths. The clashes erupted after a pastoralist was killed by SPLA forces. A senior officer at Rumbek Central Police at the Criminal Investigation Department confirmed that 10 soldiers were killed by the youth. Among the dead were six operation policemen, four SPLA soldiers and two civilians. Several people sustained severe gunshot wounds. Witnesses in Rumbek said they saw SPLA forces being dispatched to Rumbek East County to quell the rising insecurity between the armed community of Akot Payam and the government forces. State Minister of Information and Communication Dhiel Wal Takping confirmed that the state government has sent its forces to tame the insecurity. “We will deal with the perpetrators of the insecurity in the area as we seek a return to normalcy, which is picking now”, he said. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oohHCkRT8m4DWFfjnimouZDD4ggj8uj_7pYLOnkQGhT%2BA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
