Unknown gunmen kill 13 farmers near Renk town MALAKAL (31 Aug.) At least 13 farmers including a pregnant woman were killed and two others wounded in an attack by unknown gunmen on Madoj village in Renk County in South Sudan’s Eastern Nile on Monday, a government official said.
Jacob Lam Chan, Information Minister in Eastern Nile State, told Radio Tamazuj that unknown attackers killed 13 famers in a village near Renk town. “Madoj village is about 45 mintes away on foot to Renk town, so the attackers came and killed 13 farmers who were cultivating groundnuts including a pregnant woman, and two people were also wounded” said Chan. The minister pointed out that the state government condemned the incident, saying investigations are underway to identify the perpetrators. Separately, Jacob Lam disputed reports that internally displaced people who are currently sheltering inside the UN camp in Malakal are being targeted by government soldiers in the town. “It is not true, because women used to come out, and youth also used to come out, so there is no problem, if there is anything, the UN peacekeepers would have reported it, because they are being escorted by the UN forces” said the minister. -- 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/CAJb14oqO1S78kp89WGxdR-TdP2Kh0rOxw7X7EjftprgXEDwzCg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
