SPLA-IO rebels claim capture of Morobo town MOROBO (1 Oct.) South Sudanese rebels loyal to former vice president Riek Machar announced that they captured Morobo town in Yei River State on Thursday.
Kiri Bennett, military spokesman of the SPLA-IO forces in Central Equatoria, told Radio Tamazuj yesterday that their forces managed to capture Morobo town and blocked all roads leading to the area on Thursday.“I cannot tell you more details, but we thank our forces are now in Morobo, and we have forces going to Kaya and Yei,” he claimed. The rebel official pointed out that their troops are deployed in most of the areas in Central Equatoria State. For his part, Lul Ruai Koang, spokesman of the SPLA forces, denied knowledge of what happened in Morobo town. -- 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/CAJb14oq%2BNnWaJd34Fy8qtzdNGmaLmmqeMaQyhY%3D%2B%2BQi5sPr8Yw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
