Four children rescued from abductors in Jonglei state
March 10, 2016 (BOR) – Four children abducted by suspected Murle men have been rescued in Jalle village of South Sudan’s Jonglei state, an official told Sudan Tribune.
All four children, the commissioner said, were below 15 years age.
Ruk said the attackers entered Bor county villages through Maar, one of Twic East’s payams, which borders Bor county to the south.
The eastern part of Jalle payam currently has more forces deployed to patrol the villages, according to the Bor county commissioner.
During the raid, Ruk said, one of the attackers was killed while another was earlier wounded died on reaching Bor civil hospital.
He condemned the raid in his county and strongly urged members of Boma state to control the perpetrators and bring them to books.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident, suspected criminals reportedly stormed Baidit payam and also attempted to abduct some children.
“The youth opened heavy fire into papyrus reeds where they were hiding on Wednesday evening. We believe some of them were injured as they cried inside there”, said area chief, Makech Kuol.
He added that the children, who emerged unhurt from the reeds, estimated those who carried out the attack to be 10 in numbers.
(ST)