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The killings occurred Wednesday in Lankien, the headquarters of Nyirol County in Jonglei state.
Speaking to Sudans Post on Friday, Jonglei State Minister for Information Nyamar Lony Thichot said the conflict was a revenge killing that led to the deaths of the four individuals.
“There was a person murdered in August by members of the Cie-Dumin community; he was from Cie-Pual. On October 29, the brother of the person murdered in August came to Lankien and, upon seeing the brother of the person who killed his sibling, immediately shot and killed him on the spot,” she said.
“The casualties were four dead and three injured during the fight,” she added.
Lony said the fighting quickly escalated between the two communities, resulting in further deaths. She said state authorities are working to calm the situation between the groups.
She urged citizens not to take the law into their own hands, adding that state authorities had already arrested the original murder suspect from the August killing.
“The authorities immediately took action, and blood compensation was made to the family of the person killed in August. They thought the situation was calm, that the case was addressed, and that there would be no further revenge,” Lony said.
“Revenge killing is just senseless killing that is not going to help our communities—certainly not for development or peace,” she added. “If you look at revenge killing, it’s just ending up taking the life of someone who may not even be responsible for what happened.”
Minister Lony said county authorities are searching for the man responsible for the latest deaths after his act of revenge.
“When he fired the first shot and killed that person, he immediately ran away, but the commissioner is searching for him so he can be arrested and held accountable for bringing this chaos to the town,” Lony said.
