Report on 8 February incident in Walgak confirms 85 dead and 34 missing
10 April, 2013
Khartoum, (Sudanow)-The United Nations on Wednesday said over a hundred persons were either killed or missing as a result of cattle raiding incidents in Jonglei state of south Sudan, in February, which triggered a wide condemnation from human rights bodies, including the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights who called on the South Sudanese government to conduct an investigation into the violence.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported in its weekly bulletin on Wednesday said eighty five persons were killed and eighty five persons were killed and 34 missing in South Sudan's Jonglei state.
It said the report issued this week by the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has confirmed that the 8 February cattle-raiding incident in Walgak, Akobo County in Jonglei State caused 85 deaths, with 34 people remaining missing.
It said health partners treated some 35 individuals wounded in the attacks. The report further added that some 23,000 people affected by this incident in Akobo East and Akobo West in Jonglei State, and in Ulang County, Upper Nile State were assisted with food aid, household items and other humanitarian assistance by aid agencies.
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