Lakes State, South Sudan
June 3, 2022 — At least five people are reported killed and eight others sustained injuries in a communal conflict over the disappearance of a girl in Rumbek North County of Lakes State.
In a statement seen by Nyamilepedia, police official says that the fighting was caused by the disappearance of a girl suspected to have eloped with another man.
The state Police Spokesperson, Major Elijah Mabor reveals two sections of the Pakam clan turned against each other over a missing girl on Tuesday.
After the girl vanished, her relatives accused the other side of eloping with their daughter, prompting them to carry out an attack that resulted into deaths and injuries.
“Regarding the fighting that erupted between two sections of Pakam the day before yesterday, after the girl disappeared that day and immediate relatives of the girl accused the other side and they immediately launched an attack to these people and as a result, five people were killed and eight other wounded,” Mabor said in a statement obtained by Nyamilepedia.
According to State Police Spokesperson, Mabor , the girl has been apprehended and the police is investigating two main suspects identified as Mayeth Machol and Ater Mayuang.
“this is what happened. The attackers are from the same community from Rumbek North County, and the security forces apprehend that girl and she’s now under investigation,” Mabor added.
The incident is considered as the first of its kind after a long-lasting calm in the state, since the appointment of Governor Riny Tueny last year.
According to the UNMISS report, the revenge attacks and cattle-related killings remain the biggest insecurity incidents after political violence subsided in the country following the signing of the 2018 revitalized peace agreement between SPLM (IO) led by the First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny and SPLM (IG) led by President Salva Kiir Mayardit.
