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Dozens Killed in Sudan, South Sudan Inter-Communal Fighting

Deng Ghai Deng

   BOR, SOUTH SUDAN/KHARTOUM, SUDAN - Armed men suspected of being from
   South Sudan's Greater Pibor Administrative Area stormed a village
   Monday in Bor County, killing roughly 17 people according to
   eyewitnesses and state authorities -- the latest attack in a wave of
   deadly inter-communal clashes across the region.

   Eighty-year-old Chuti Maker, who is recovering at Bor state hospital
   from several knife wounds in the back and chest, said dozens of armed
   men wearing military uniforms invaded Makol-cuei village Monday
   afternoon.

   "They started shooting randomly and set the houses on fire. We started
   to run and they chased after us. When they stabbed me on my back, I
   fell on the ground. I was stabbed again in my chest. When I fell, the
   two men chasing me started arguing over whether to shoot me or not
   before they left," Maker told South Sudan in Focus.

   Twenty-seven-year-old eyewitness Akur Aleng, who suffered a broken leg
   during the attack, said the gunmen killed her father-in-law and
   abducted her 14-month-old child.

   "We heard gunshots toward the east where we have our gardens, and we
   were confused about what was happening. After a short while a certain
   gentleman came running and told us to go away as there was an enemy.
   Just as we were conversing, they arrived and started shooting at us,
   killing my father-in-law. I rushed to collect my baby to run and they
   shot me in the leg and the baby dropped. I saw them taking my baby,"
   Aleng told South Sudan in Focus.

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