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John Chatim, Commissioner of Duk County, told Sudans Post on Tuesday that the cattle were recovered on Tuesday after local youth pursued and attacked the raiders.
“The youth followed footprint of the armed criminal’s raided cattle and recovered the cattle from the raider and the government urged youth to be productive such as carrying out the trade and how we identify the criminal were track and they were to the direction of Pibor and their language,” said Chatim.
On 15th December 2024, suspected Murle youth from neighboring Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA) attacked cattle camp in Duk County, leaving one person injured and 42 cattle raided.
Chatim said the wounded person is undergoing treatment under the care of South Sudan Red Cross, adding that plans are underway to transport to Juba for further medical attention.
“The person wounded was reported to the Red Cross and the communication is still going on and maybe he will be taken today or tomorrow, and the situation of the wounded person is in is serious because he was shot from the stomach, and it seem like the inside are out and not sure if that person is going to survivals a night” Said Chatim
He called on the national government to quickly intervene to rescue the situation in Jonglei and the Greater Pibor Administrative area.
“The government need to track down all the criminal and bring them to justice because each and every one denial the involvement of their criminals in any criminal activities in Greater Jonglei.”
Jonglei and Greater Pibor Administrative Area are often embroiled in tit-for-tat violence often characterized in the form of cattle raiding, revenge killings and child abduction.
Attempts to resolve the intermittent violence have failed despite communities from both areas holding peace conferences to end the fighting.
