Gok youth clashes leaves 10 dead, 15 wounded in Lakes State
Authorities of Cueibet County of Lakes State confirmed that more than 10 people have been killed and 15 wounded during Thursday s intra-sectional fighting between the Ayiel and Pagok sections of the Gok community.
The fighting occurred in Ngap and Agangrial following the migration of Pagok cattle into Ayiel territory without consultation triggering the long-existing animosity which left six women killed in 2020 between the two sections of the Gok community of Cueibet County.
Speaking to Radio Tamazuj, the acting commissioner of Police in Cueibet County Colonel Machar Mourwel said that the cause of the fighting was due to Pagok cattle migration into Ayiel grazing land.
Gunmen kill SSPDF soldier, injure Somali national in Lakes State
A road ambush by armed men in Cueibet county of South Sudan s Lakes State Sunday has left an SSPDF soldier dead and a Somali driver injured, police in Cuieibet have confirmed.
Speaking to Radio Tamazuj, police deputy commissioner in Cueibet Town colonel Machar Muorwel said the incident occurred in the Kabur William Deng Nhial area on Sunday. I am now in the remote village that is out of Cueibet Town. But I heard of that road ambushed which killed SSPDF soldier and a Somalian driver was wounded, he said.
The police officer said he has ordered patrols along the main road between Cueibet and Rumbek.