Residents Flee To The Bush After Fighting Broke Out In Wau Member of Parliament representing Mboro payam in Wau State Charles Anthony Nberende, said that more than 500 households fled their homes from Besilia Payam in Wau last Saturday due to fighting that erupted in the area. 16 February 2016
By James Deng Dimo WAU, 15 February 2016 [Gurtong]- There has not been any confirmation as to who was fighting government forces in the area. “We are really confused about who is fighting who in Besillia, Safa, Kapi in Abushaka Payam because the information coming in said that these are cattle keepers fighting the local farmers who are the residents and in other information we got said the fighting started on Saturday when four SPLA army officers who were coming to Wau town from Abushaka came under attack,” said the MP. He said civilians homes were also on Saturday burned to ashes. He said that most of the civilian ran to the bush while others moved into the town for safety. Those who have arrived in Wau town claimed that their homes were burned by the government forces after three of their colleague were killed within Safa village. SPLA officers were not available for a comment on the claims. Bookmark and Share Posted in: Home -- 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/CAJb14oqNZv%3DHWDfppdzCcchRziNW%2BdOX0R0Yq6yyW6VOyYekAQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
