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Fierce fighting erupts in Raja, governor leads troops in battle RAJA (14 Apr.) South Sudanese rebels allied to former First Vice President Riek Machar have launched a major offensive on Raja town, the capital of South Sudan’s Lol State this afternoon and government forces have responded, according to a local official. Lol minister of information Francis Piol Bol told Radio Tamazuj this afternoon that the attack came from three directions, saying Governor Rizig Zachariah Hassan is now leading the SPLA forces in battle within Raja town.“People are now scattered and the governor personally is the one commanding the forces. The governor has just gone to the military barracks,” said Francis.He pointed out that the fighting is continuing. “Now I cannot give you more details because the clashes are continuing, so let’s wait until the situation returns to normal, I am now inside Raja town, we have been besieged,” he said. Meanwhile, a local resident in Raja town said he was hearing the sounds of gunfire near the military barracks. “I am now inside my house near the market. The fighting started around 2:00 pm, we don’t know what happened, I am now hearing the sounds of gunshots,” he said. A pastor, who is a local resident in Raja town, said: “I cannot hear anything now because of gunshots, I am now on the run, I cannot talk now, I will talk later.” Rebel officials in Raja town could not immediately be reached for comment. -- 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/CAJb14or%3D0kJhPOq3V6t8pF60WEOsZuR1%3D09fCGJSKM9Vu8DFPA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
