Two attacks in Akop, Warrap State, killed 84 people and injured 62 over two days in South Sudan. The latest assault, on five villages, killed 12 people and injured 24, according to local officials and state authorities.
Two attacks in Akop, Warrap State, killed 84 people and injured 62 over two days in South Sudan. The latest assault, on five villages, killed 12 people and injured 24, according to local officials and state authorities.
A coordinated attack on Akop Payam, in Tonj North County, South Sudan, killed 72 people and wounded 38, according to the Warrap State government. It said the victims included 50 people from the attackers’ side and 22 from the targeted side, and also reported cattle raids and the burning of markets and homes.
Attacks in two locations in South Sudan’s Ruweng Administrative Area killed nine people and injured six, according to Tony Chol Ayat, the region’s acting Minister of Information. The assailants also took 972 head of cattle and set huts ablaze, while neighbouring authorities say they are investigating, Radio Tamazuj reports.