Shooting on Juba—Bor road
May 17, 2010 (JUBA) – At least one person is killed and 3 others injured in passenger bus ambush on Juba – Bor road on Monday, 17 May, officials said.
But a journalistic source says the driver (an Ethiopian) and two passengers (identified as girls from Bor County) are killed.
The ambush occurred between Mongala and Sudan-Safari – area close to Bor County territory. This the second assault following last Thursday incident where scores of people were wounded.
A second source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the shooting on passengers’ bus happened Monday afternoon just before to reaching Bor area, adding the number of people injured remains unconfirmed.
Speaking by phone to Sudan Tribune, Bor County Commissioner Maker Kuol Lual confirmed the unknown gunmen’s attack but says the number of people killed or injured remains unclear.
“I heard one person was killed and others injured in the shooting,” Maker says. “But the number (causalities) is changing “You (the media) have to confirm it with the hospital.”
On Thursday last week, unidentified gunmen attacked Mongala Payam injuring dozens and looted a number of cattle. It is not immediately clear who carried the aggression but clashes between Mudari and Bor pastoralists dominated insecurity headlines last year.
As Bor cattle keepers are repeatedly accused of letting cattle loose to graze on Mudari farms, the later are linked with attacking passengers’ vehicles heading to and from Bor areas.
(ST)