Three people killed in an attack in Pibor
May 27, 2010 (BOR) – Three people are dead and at least five are injured following a last week attack in Lokurnyang in Jonglei’s Pibor County, security sources said.
Speaking to Sudan Tribune from Bor, the capital of Jonglei, on Tuesday, a security official confirmed that armed men loyal to David Yauyay, the defeated legislative candidate of the United Democratic Front (UDF) carried out the attack on May 23.
The security official discussed intelligence reports on the condition of anonymity.
Other sources have stated that several other assaults blamed on followers of Mr. Yauyau have resulted in unconfirmed casualties and tensions remain high.
James Buret, a UDF member who contested and lost in the national elections in April, told the Sudan Tribune by phone from Pibor that Mr. Yauyau reactions to the electoral are unilateral.
“After the election results, everyone left for their area and whatever happens after that is not UDF’s decision,” Mr. James said about Yauyau’s military complaints on alleged electoral fraud.
A source in Pibor says the number of youth supporting Yauyau is estimated at 10 but other reports put the marauding groups higher.
After attacking Lokurnyang, the group headed towards Gadiang , located between Twic East, Duk, Uror and Pibor Counties, another source claims. It appears that Mr. Yauyau is seeking to merge his men with General George Athor Deng of the SPLA who is also accused of confronting the regional army in the last few weeks.
Mr. Athor, a former deputy chief of staff in the Southern Sudan army, the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), was a main rival to Jonglei’s governer, Kuol Manyang , in April’s polls but lost with a wide margin to the incumbent leader from the SPLM that rules the semi-autonomous region. Athor is on the run after being accused of attacking an army base in Dolieb Hills, Upper Nile State on April 30.
Tension is mounting in Jonglei State following the elections as defeated politicians resort to military means to address their post-election frustrations.
Equally important, the Bor – Juba road has registered increasing raids. Two people were killed last Saturday when gunmen fired at a passenger’s car. The May 22 ambush between Mongala and Geimeza comes a week after similar attack left four people dead. As a result, land transport is loose and a number of business trucks are stranded in Juba.
Jonglei State was marred with inter-tribal cattle rustling in 2009 as well as attacks on Bor—Juba road that later fueled clashes between Mundari-Bor pastoralists leaving hundreds dead in both cases. The Government of Southern Sudan vowed at the time to halt similar future incidents.
With seven months left until the referendum on self-determination in the underdeveloped south Sudan, the journey to January 2011, at the moment, is shaky.
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Three people killed in an attack in Pibor
That is a heart breaking news about Jonglei’s continuing attack. The hope for the destiny of south Sudan is dying because most leaders at the top positions are just place holders. The don’t have the vision on how to lead this region out of this mess they just invited by themselves. They just talked about imposibilities all the times, military act which is not necessary at all at the first place. Now let them command that military they were yearning for (Makuei Lueth and Kuol Manyang) if they going to succes without catastrophic failure. Let just pray and keep hoping God may help those poor leaders in decision making otherwise that is the doom day of our people.
Dinka Boy
Three people killed in an attack in Pibor
For those who choose violent must be crashed militray because they are power greed. SPLA oyee.
Kur William
Three people killed in an attack in Pibor
It is fairly obvious that Yauyau is other triator that had been iviteed by gen, Athor in order to destablize the community but all in all they will be falling apart.
Marco Nyak
Three people killed in an attack in Pibor
Many factors are contributing to south disaster and daily killing of Southern Sudanese innocent young man & women;
1) National Congress Party (NCP) are pouring money into pocket of weak heart Southern and used them as their insurgency , in order to undermine referendum so that southern will not achieved their long awaited freedom.
2) Tribalism in south Sudan is still widely embraced even among the so-called educated elite.
3) Misunderstanding of the politics among Southern is a key factor, people of south think that politics it is a career and mean for leaving rather than a position to serve people.
4) Democratic process is still weak in south Sudan.