South Sudan: SPLA “Involves” in Interethnic Feuds in Boma State, Abducting Children and Raiding Herds of Cattle March 6, 2017 Nyamilepedia Leave a comment
Armed men in military uniform attacked Koschar village in northeastern Boma State late Sunday, information minister says By Parach Mach, Turkey News, AA In the picture are dinka members of SPLA guarding cattles of their resettled dinka community in Western Equatoria... In the picture are dinka members of SPLA guarding cattles of their resettled dinka community in Western Equatoria(Photo: supplied) March 6, 2017(Nyamilepedia) —— Up to 55 people including women and children remain missing after being abducted Sunday by an armed group in the northeastern Boma State, a local official said Monday. “There was an attack on Koschar village on Sunday night. We suspect the armed group to be from the neighboring Jonglei state,” Boma State Information Minister Achon John Giro told Anadolu Agency on the phone. Achon said that about 10,000 well-armed men were dressed in military uniform when they attacked the village. “The attackers are wearing South Sudan army uniforms, and are heavily armed with military artillery and other big machine guns,” Achon said. The gunmen also stole about 21,000 herds of cattle, and are advancing toward Pibor, the state administrative area, he added, calling for urgent intervention of government forces and the UN peacekeeping mission in the country to save the civil population. Tension has been cropping up since January between Jonglei and Boma states over the issue of cattle raiding, child abduction, mass rape and killing of civilians. -- 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/CAJb14ooPiCH8Z5ah4wPqPKvx8PoiBj%3DX%3DRW-fOsJ37s6Hv%3DqwQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
