Armed Murle militias attack Sobat state, kill 24: official
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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
January 30, 2016 (ADDIS ABABA) – Armed men dressed in a uniforms
similar to those of South Sudanese National Security officers attacked
Makak payam in Sobat state, killing 24 people, an official disclosed.
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The acting governor of the state, Kech Nguoth Tiem said the attack
occurred on the night of 28 January, at around 12:30pm [local time].
Armed men indiscriminately opened up their machine guns firing their
live bullets on the residents after tactically positioning themselves
at all corners of the village, said Tiem, also secretary for
information.
The majority of those allegedly killed, he said, were women and
children, amidst unconfirmed reports that the dead were buried into
mass graves.
At least 25 people, Tiem said, were injured with seven of them critically.
The attackers allegedly also abducted two children aged between 4-7
years. Seven other children are said to have gone missing after the
attack.
The attack is said to have lasted for about an hour giving the
attackers the time they needed to take all cattle in the villages,
estimated at about 800.
“The nature and the character of the incident undoubtedly attribute
this merciless act to Murle tribesmen,” Tiem told Sudan Tribune
Saturday.
Late last year, a similar attack on Bukteng village, about 10 miles
away south of Makak, left 19 dead, eight children abducted and many
injured.
“Sobat state’s authorities see both Bukteng and Makak successive
attacks on civilians as a new front to the ongoing crisis in the
country sponsored by the government of Salva Kiir in Juba,” said Tiem.
While condemning in the strongest terms possible to the attacks,
authorities in the state called upon international human rights
partners and the United Nations to take notice of the shift in the
South Sudanese war.
Meanwhile, state officials also appealed for immediate humanitarian
support in the form of food, medical supplies, and non-food items,
among others to assist the survivors of the Makak payam attack.
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1 February 08:26, by Lotodo Awino Odug
maybe it time for you to regroup the youth, and pay them another visit.
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1 February 20:04, by Force 1
It’s said to be armed Murle and at the same time dressed in a
South Sudan National security uniform; so; which one is which? A
confused reporter!
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1 February 20:31, by Lotodo Awino Odug
murle only listen to those who kill them mercilessly, they
used the army’s uniforms to confused their victims.
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2 February 05:29, by hellonearth
Lotodo Awino Odung,
I think you are a Dinka, and you are from Bor.
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