Juba-Bor highway. |Courtesy/ARC.

Greater Pibor Information Minister has accused armed youth from Jonglei state of attacking Murle cattle traders along Bor-Juba highway at the weekend leaving two people dead and three others injured.

The attackers allegedly raided over 4,000 herds of cattle in the Thiritoth area.

Kelang called on his counterpart, the Jonglei state and national government to intervene and recover the stolen cattle.

He says the attack is a breach of the April 14^th, 2023 Marieng-Boma peace dialogue which aimed to bring to an end aggression between the two communities.

“Yesterday [ September 14^th -2023]  at around 9 pm, criminal armed youth from Jonglei state launched an attack on Pibor Administrative area cattle traders in a place called Thiritoth, a nearby wildlife center along Bor-Juba Road.

“Two people are confirmed dead three injured, 20 people are missing after they ran to an unknown location and 4500 herds of cattle are driven by the attackers for repeated actions the 14^th-April-2023 Bor County peace dialogue.”

When contacted, Jonglei State Minister of Information, Nyadak Elizabeth says he had no idea about the incident.

” I have no idea about the incident,  the territory where the incident took place does not belong to Jonglei state, and the person to answer that question is in Central Equatoria.