Ivory Bank loses SSP30 million in Raja town attack

June 16, 2016 (WAU) – Ivory Bank branch in South Sudan’s Lol state lost SSP 30 million in the clashes that occurred in the capital onWednesday, its manager Osman Idris said.

The attackers, Idris said, also looted several of the computers belonging to Ivory Bank.

“They broke it [bank] as well as staff‘s residence which is just next to the bank,” the manager told reporters in Raja town.

Sources say the attackers also freed all inmates in Raja Central prison, killing some of those who they had targeted.

At least 50 people, officials said, were killed in the attack. The death toll was likely to rise as several others were injured. It remains unclear, till now, as to which groups carried out the attack, with the army blaming the incident on “bandits” and “criminals”.

(ST)