South Sudan army says repulsed rebel attack in Yei County File photo: SPLA-IO rebels carry guns in Yondu, the day before an assault on government SPLA soldiers in the town of Kaya, August 25, 2017. (REUTERS) File photo: SPLA-IO rebels carry guns in Yondu, the day before an assault on government SPLA soldiers in the town of Kaya, August 25, 2017. (REUTERS)
South Sudan's army has repulsed rebel attacks on Ombaci area southeast of Yei County, the military deputy spokesman said Monday, saying clashes continued for some minutes. “Yes on Monday our forces at Ombaci were attacked by anti-peace elements known as rebel forces but they were repulsed after exchange of gunfire,” SPLA Deputy Spokesman Santo Domic told Radio Tamazuj, adding that the area remained under the command of the army. South Sudanese rebels allied to the former First Vice President Riek Machar on Monday claimed that their forces had controlled Ombaci area. Separately, Santo Domic denied reports that a top SPLA general was killed during fighting with rebel fighters in the town of Kaya near the Ugandan border recently. He explained that their wounded soldiers were taken to Juba together with late US journalist Christopher Allen who was killed in Kaya. -- 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/CAJb14ooYOVnuEHFAkq%3D5M_JcdbRx2XN_3uvtWN%2BChNJnXLi3nA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
