Commissioner Concerned Over Increasing Killings In County The month of January has left the residents of Bor with uneasy calm following a series of killings by armed men. 29 January 2016 [image: Commissioner Concerned Over Increasing Killings In County] Dau Akoi Jurkuch, Commissioner of Twic East County. [Getty Images]
By Juuk Othana Mading and Jacob Achiek *BOR, 28 January 2016 [Gurtong]*- The Commissioner of Twic East County Dau Akoi Jurkuch in an interview with Gurtong on Thursday said that many reports on killings and attempts to raid cattle have been reported in Bor. On 18 January, the Commissioner said two men were killed by suspected Murle at a camp where they had gone to cut grass. “The two gentlemen were cutting grass in the bush but there were some goats from the nearby camp. So they tried to push back the goats to the owners. As they were returning, they fell into an ambush of the criminals. They were both killed” explained the Commissioner. On the 24th of January another 2 were killed when a group of eight went hunting in Western Kongor Payam. “They also fell into an ambush in which two of them were killed and 6 ran away”, he said. The suspects according to those who survived were identified as Murle. On Thursday 27, while the State Governor of Jonglei, Col. Philip Aguer was conducting a rally in Pawel of Kongor Payam there was an attempted cattle raid by the Murle. “The criminals were seen from a far and the army, police and community youth were alert. They had already gone where the cattle were but after being discovered they took off leaving behind the cattle.” They raiders were however, not caught. Governor Jurkuc is now urging the Governor of Boma State to establish a traditional authority that will look into security issues in the rural areas. “We are trying to appeal to the Governor of Boma State because we are being disturbed by criminals and these criminals are coming from the Murle area.” “So my appeal to the Governor is for him to try to talk the administrators and traditional authorities at least to prevent these criminal acts,” he said. He also said that one person was yesterday wounded at Pakou cattle camp and is now recuperating in Bor civil hospital. Posted in: Home <http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/1/Home.aspx> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oo4JWNEJQrpZRmS_tV7DVAHX%3DJZnyHp3F49Uajf%3D4MiKg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
