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.
Man killed in Cueibet County by unknown gunmen
Police in Lakes State’s Cueibet County confirmed that one person was killed by an unknown gunman in his home in Mayath Payam.
The incident occurred on Sunday at 8:00 pm local time on the main road to Rumbek.
Colonel Machar Mourwel, the police chief in charge of Cueibet County, told Radio Tamazuj that the deceased was identified as Magong Ater Apac from the Joth Section of the Gok community of Mayath Payam.
“The security situation is normal but just the day before yesterday an unknown gunman killed one person in Mayath Payam from the Joth section and the killers are not known,” Colonel Machar said.