One abducted in South Sudan’s Morobo County attack
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Eyeradio
A nighttime attack in Aboroto, Morobo County, led to one abduction, one person being shot and three houses being burned. The attackers, suspected of belonging to an armed opposition group, fled towards the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the caretaker county commissioner quoted by Eye Radio.
Around ten armed men attacked the village of Aboroto in Morobo County, South Sudan, during the night of 12 October. They abducted one resident, shot another in the leg and burned down three houses, the caretaker commissioner of Morobo County told Eye Radio.
The attackers, whom the authorities suspect of belonging to an opposition group, were accompanied by Wilson Bugi, who had been abducted two days earlier. They allegedly beat Emmanuel Awule and his wife, Mary Opani, before looting their home; Emmanuel Awule managed to escape during the looting. The victims were then taken to an unknown destination, according to the caretaker commissioner.
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