Two killed and four injured in Unity state ambush
By Bonifacio Taban Kuich
February 17, 2011 (BENTIU) – Bandits attacked the car of a local chief, killing two and seriously wounding four on February 15 in Unity state, local officials have said.
The car was attacked in Nhialdiu payam [district] in Rubkotna County of Unity state. Authorities suspect that the attackers are part of forces loyal to Gatluak Gai who took arms after elections in April last year. The Jonglei election was widely seen to be a flawed process. Incumbent governor Taban Deng won the Unity state governorship against independent candidate Angelina Teny.
Gai is reported to have supported Teny, the wife of South Sudan’s vice president Riek Machar, apparently in the hope that she would appoint him to be commissioner for Koch county. Gai’s insurgency has caused insecurity in Unity, with infrequent clashes between his forces and the South Sudan army (SPLA).
On Wednesday local prison authorities released Tuonguar Kuenyguong, a local chief, in order for him to collect cows for compensation for a murder earlier in the month.
On February 3 a graduate in business administration from Mayom county, Stephen Chap Giel, who only stayed at Bentiu town for four days was murdered by the sons Tuonguar Kuenyguong in Bentiu town.
Kuenyguong, was released from jail on Wednesday to gather cattle from his clans for the compensation for the assassination Stephen Chap Giel. He left Bentiu town on Wednesday morning at 10:00am. Later that day his car was ambushed by unknown gunmen who killed two and seriously wounded four.
Michael Chieng Jiek Geay, state advisor for security affairs, says the suspects are from renegade Gatluak Gai’s forces.
The Unity advisor for security affairs said, “the group who attacked the car of local chief Tuonguar Kuenyguong, two people die and four seriously wounded, as we have seated down with security affairs we found that those responsible for this attack are identify as criminal coming from Buow payam [district] as part of renegade Gatluak Gai forces. We have known them with evident, our forces are after them and we will a mean to bring this in to an end”.
However, the family of the late Diew Gai Kuon a bodyguard for the local chief, denied that the bandits attacking the local chief car were not part of renegade Gatluak Gai forces, Banyany Wang Gai brother-in-law of Diew Gai Kuon, told Sudan Tribune in Bentiu town yesterday.
Bayany Wang Gai said he didn’t believe the attackers were from renegade Gatluak Gai forces. “This morning, we went to witness what happened in the area and local people were saying this group was brought by a vehicle dressed in militarily uniform”, he said. Gai said the local people told him that the men in military uniforms were dropped off before the ambush.
State adviser Geay, said that Tuonguar was arrested after the Stephen Chap Giel was murdered done by his sons while in his presence. He said, ambush on road occurred before the car reached Nhialdiu payam. The local chief, Geay said, was released by the prison services, gave him four soldiers to escort him to the commissioners house so he could collect cows from the area.
“We all of us know, what the sons of Kuenyguong did” he said. The only way to end this hostility, Geay said, was to provide compensation for the loss of life.
Geay said, he wanted to tell the entirely communities of Unity state, whatever happened on Wednesday should not be considered as related to the murder earlier in February.
“We urged all the total populations of the citizen always to keep calm whenever such problems like this happen in the communities.” He added that, “we all experience a lot of problem since then we are now achieving to become a new independent state we need to address our differences’ peacefully for united nation.”
South Sudan is due to become independent in July after a referendum, which was agreed as part of 2005 peace deal. Sudan’s South fought decades of conflict against the north leaving the region one of the poorest in the world and with heavily armed local populations.
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Bol Deng
Two killed and four injured in Unity state ambush
The ambush has been a revenge attack by the family of the victim who heard that the father of a murderer is set free to collect the compensation.
There is no connection between the militia forces and this incident according to the article.
I am very sick when playing just keep dying for no cost in the South Sudan.
Most people are just dying because of selfish people who has no value instead they prepared the others properties or being fool by others.
Food hunters must know that you should work hard for your lives instead of stealing. Thanks
HONEY
Two killed and four injured in Unity state ambush
This is serious, how can this people murder graduates, the army boys from the bush are gonna retire one day and south sudan will need educated individuals to run the country. You cant even tell anyone that you have a degree before jealousy kicks in and you are murdered. What a confused country it is
Bol Deng
Two killed and four injured in Unity state ambush
Gatwech & KIm,
You should come out and condemn your brothers who like stealing and killing innocents graduates in your counties instead of waiting any article with Riek Machar. Shame on you guys!
Jeti Leek
Two killed and four injured in Unity state ambush
Something must be done in Nuer land. It needs serious fasting in the whole of South Sudan to stop everyday killings.
I cannot say that Nuer are cursed but something is going wrong with them.
My condolences to the families of those who were ruthlessly murdered by their fellow brothers in Unity State and their souls rest in eternal peace.
Bravo Nuer
Two killed and four injured in Unity state ambush
since I heard Brig.Gne Michael Chiengjiek has become the unity State Advisor for Security Affairs, I predicted that Bentiu is heading for a hell whose road is widened for good intentions.
Cheingjiek and Thomas Duoth Gueat are mouthpiece of gossiping and they are traitors to Nuer.
Chiengjiek is a black sheep who is so interested in seeing others suffering.
the killing of that Graduate was engineered by him and that attempt of assination of Chief Tuonguar was also framed by him he likes setting one against another so that he is a middle man sitting on the fence for cowardice and public relations quest.
Ciengjiek means (bad behaviour) and the guy is quite poor in behaviuor he behaves like divorced wife whose talk doesn’t have a full stop but commas.
shame on you Nuer Betrayers and enemies.
who hates Nuers, his Anus will be fucked with gun.
who envies Nuer, dog will open penis to him and he will be Dog ‘s wife.
Ngundeng is a national prophet.
mack waweru
Two killed and four injured in Unity state ambush
Why people from this particular state think through their muscles instead of mind? Killing a graduate in South Sudan whose 98% of the people is illiterate is a great loss to the entire nation. Was God wrong in his infinite wisdom to have created Southerners in order to compete by killing themselves daily? Everyday we receive news of killing here and there.
Our people should know that life is a free gift to each one of us and no one a has right to take it willfully due to minor issues. I want to see Southern Sudanese dying while protecting their country from foreign aggressors and not in the hands of their fellow brothers. Killing is so rampant across the South and when investigated, you find that the issue doesn’t warrant that.
What a pathetic and savage people are we! Our population is so less and yet we still butcher ourselves.It’s time to stop the language of Kalashnikov and address our differences around the table of brotherhood. Our land will curse us because it is soaked with blood and no more space left to absorb more.
I urge people our to stop this and realize that human being’s life has value.
No government apparatuses will stop this business unless civilians do something themselves because they are the victims in terms of life being lost or property for compensation.
Mack