Six people killed in Tombura’s fresh attack
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At least six people among them three women and a child have been killed in a renewed village raid in Tombura, Western Equatoria, State after nearly a week of relative calm.
The latest incident occurred in Mopoi Payam of Tombura County on Sunday, the Western Equatoria State Minister of Information William Baiki confirmed.
“On Sunday, the armed criminals from Gen. James Nando’s forces who do not want to be relocated from the area invaded Mopoi village and arrested six people and later killed all of them,” Baiki said.
He added that out of the six people killed, three were women, two married men and a teenage boy.
Baiki revealed that attackers were suspected to be from Gen. Nando’s armed men who remained in the area and refused to be taken to the training centre in Maridi County.
“We were shocked to hear and see such a barbaric killing still happening, and it was something that is not expected at this time, especially killing women in a cold blood,” Minister Baiki stressed.
Has to stop
He called on the leaders of those groups to stop the killings of innocent civilians and give necessary respect to women in the state.
However, Baiki added the state security personnel are pursuing the perpetrators of Sunday’s heinous incident.
Baiki condemned the act and called on the committee tasked to resolve the Tombura conflicts to investigate the incident and bring the assassins to the book.
The City Review could not immediately verify the claims made against Gen. Nando’s group as his numbers were not available.
Earlier this month, the officials told to The City Review that the two suspected conflicting groups were evacuated from the area and there were underway plans to relocate them to the cantonment sites to start their process of reunification.
Since then there were incidences of targeted attacks in the areas especially on residences of the officials.
The Tombura County inter-communal fights started in May this year. Since then, an estimated 45,000 people have been displaced to neighbouring towns of Ezo, Yambio, and Western Bahr el Ghazal capital, Wau.
