Armed Youth Attack Police Station In Rumbek Four people were killed in Yirol West County as armed youth tried to break into a police station cell on Monday in order to free one of their colleague who was arrested. 24 June 2015
By Gabriel Mayom * RUMBEK, June 23, 2015 [Gurtong]*- The violence sparked when some youths from Acok stormed the police station and clashed with the police leading to gunshots being fired by the police to prevent the attack. The youth group says that the police had unfairly arrested one of them after they clashed with the Awan clan last Friday. A Police officer in Aluakluak, Makeny Aciek said that “clashes between the two clans of Awan and Acok clans of Yirol west of lakes State County on Friday left at least four people dead from both sides.” The Acok clan has often had conflicts with their sub-clan of Awan. In 2012 clashes erupted in Amack cattle camp between Acok and Awan clan that left several dead. -- 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/CAJb14opeW_on%3DQPrcWtFYYM8kOgyWG79Z0U0S1K-4%3DAB4BMivA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
