Downtown Malakal. |Photo by Michael Daniel.

A clash between security personnel and demonstrators has left a woman dead and seven others wounded in Upper Nile’s Malakal town Monday morning.

The over 200 protestors, mainly local government officials opposed their transfer from the state capital to the county headquarters.

Major General Chol Atem who is the area police commissioner said the demonstrators threw stones at the organized forces, forcing them to respond with live bullets.

“What happened is a demonstration in Malakal town this [Monday] morning at 9:30 am, and during the demonstration, some of the demonstrators threw stones at the organized force,” he said.

“…eight people got injured by the live bullets – two women and six men, and one of them [38-year-old Achol Gabriel Amum] died,”

Two members of the organized forces are among the injured.

“One of the police forces was injured on his head with thrown stone and another one from national security was injured on his leg,”

The confrontation comes weeks after a senior state official was killed in the restive town.