News Updates: Boma and Jonglei youths clashed at the border town of Manyabol

May 2, 2017 Bor (Jonglei Times)- Jonglei youths Capture Manyabol in the afternoon of Monday and gun shots can be heard around nearby villages”, Boma state minister of information Achuan John has confirmed.

Boma state authority worried that fighting could spreads to other part of the state if no intervention from the national government he added.

 Minister said number of those killed in the clashes is yet to be established.

 However, Ayuen Guet Roor the spokesperson of Jonglei state youths has denied that they did not enter to Boma state territory or launch any attack against Boma state and calling un-verified information.

 Saying, that causation is unjustified, we did attack Boma state, we are in our border town of Pan-Mach Bol in Anyindi county of Jonglei state Ayuen added.

 Ayuen said they have assembled at the border town asked Boma state authority to collect and return cattle’s and children abducted in Bor, Twice East and Duk counties before they cross to Boma state territory.

But information Achuan John said, we have collected 35 heads of cattle, and we want to return them to Jonglei state. We are working hard to return the cattle, but they did not give us the chance. The civilians keeping cattle are not around, they are in far areas like Kongkong and Jom because of the dry season”, he said.

 Peter Labelel, one of the Boma state officials told Sudan Tribune separately that Jonglei youth attacked the area, killed people and burnt houses.

“The youth of Jonglei had taken law into their hands, they had gone back again to Boma state to collect their stolen heads of cattle on their own. They had not respected Boma state authorities who were trying to collect and return their cattle," Labele said Monday.

 

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