Intercommunal fighting on-going in Lakes State
Authorities of the defunct Eastern Lakes State confirmed that inter-communal fighting between Yirol West and Rumbek East counties is on-going in Alualuak Payam after a cattle raid that left one person dead and an unknown number of homes torched in Mayom-cuei village on Sunday.
Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Monday, the Executive Director of Ngop, Benjamin Mayor Deng said the incident was triggered when armed youth from Alualuak Payam of Yirol West County raided over 70 head of cattle and killed a cattle owner in Akot Payam of Rumbek East county on Sunday evening.
Mayor said when the incident occurred, the armed youth from Rumbek East County of the defunct Western Lakes State attacked the area of Mayom-cuei village and burned down houses.
3 killed, 2 wounded in Rumbek East ambushes
Police authorities in the now-defunct Western Lakes State confirmed that three men were killed, two wounded and three women were released unhurt in two separate road ambushes in Paloch Payam of Rumbek East County on Sunday.
Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Monday, the police spokesperson in Rumbek, Captain Elijah Mabor Makuac, said they suspected the motive of the killing to be an act of revenge and or robbery between Yirol West and Rumbek East Counties of Lakes State. He blamed the attack on criminals from Yirol West County of the defunct Eastern Lakes State.
At least five police officers have been confirmed dead and six others wounded while attempting to rescue over five hundred herds of cattle from raiders in Yirol West County of Lakes State on Tuesday.