Authorities in Lakes State said the assistant to a truck driver transporting cattle to Juba was shot dead and 47 cows looted from their vehicle in Rumbek East County on Tuesday.
More than 230 killed in two weeks in South Sudan gun violence
Thursday June 03 2021
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More than 230 people have died as a result of gun violence in South Sudan in the past two weeks, raising new concerns for disarmament in the country.
The latest incident occurred on Tuesday where seven people were killed in Pigi County of Jonglei State, in a cattle rustling attack. The attackers escaped, according to authorities.
Since late April, there have been various incidents of violence with each recording deaths. Based on official figures, at least 234 people had been killed by Tuesday.
Attacks
On May 26, at least 150 people were killed following a 10-day bloody attack in the Pibor Administrative Area, according to local authorities there. The attackers torched more than 600 houses and displaced thousands of residents.
4 killed, 350 cattle raided in Rumbek Centre
At least four people have been killed, seven others wounded and over 350 head of cattle raided from Rumbek Centre County of Lakes State by armed youth suspected to have come from Panyijiar County in neighboring Unity State.
The attack occurred in Amongpiny Payam of Rumbek Centre County on Wednesday.
Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Wednesday, the police chief in the area Brigadier General Makur Dak, said: They came as a huge force, and they took the whole cattle camp. The number which they raided was 356 cows, but only 6 cows were recovered, and they went with 350.
Two construction workers building the South Sudan Currency Centre in Rumbek, Lakes State, were on Monday involved in a freak accident when their car overturned.