A stretch of Juba-Nimule Road.

Three people were killed and three others critically wounded on Saturday afternoon when armed bandits ambushed a vehicle travelling from Juba to Nimule.

An anonymous female survivor, who is currently receiving treatment at a hospital in Juba alongside two other victims—a father and his son—described the horrific incident to an Eye Radio reporter.

The woman, who wished to remain unidentified, recounted how six masked gunmen ambushed the vehicle.

She says, the bandits stopped the vehicle, ordered them to get out of the vehicle, robbed their belongings and ordered them to get aboard before shooting at them from behind.

According to her, the attackers fled the scene after opening fire as the victims were re-entering the vehicle, killing three people instantly and wounding three others.

“They told us to sit and give them our phones and money. During the shooting, three people were killed instantly, and three others were critically injured,” she said.

After Eye Radio’s repeated attempts to contact Juba County authorities proved unsuccessful, Nimule Police Inspector David Kasmiro confirmed the incident.

He stated that the attack occurred near the Jebalen area in Juba County, Central Equatoria State.

According to him, the perpetrators remain at large, while the bodies of the deceased and the wounded were transported back to Juba on the same day of the attack.

“Yesterday [Saturday, November 23] in the afternoon, there was an incident that happened in the area near Jebalen, there was a vehicle coming from Juba to Nimule. People were ambushed by unknown people. The vehicle passed. They shot the vehicle from the back. This led to three people killed,” said Kasmiro.