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Police in Jonglei State say a woman was killed by unidentified men in Kolnyang Payam of Bor County in Jonglei State early this week.

The state police commissioner Major General Elia Costa says the incident was reported to the office by locals from the area.

The unnamed woman believed to be in her forties was collecting firewood on Monday when she was attacked using a knife.

“A woman went to the bush to bring firewood, so from there, unknown criminals attacked and killed her. That was on Monday.

“The woman was 40 something years and our police there are the once that reported to us. “It was in that side of Kolnyang Payam in Bor County. She was not shot but slaughtered by the knife.

The motive of the killing is unknown.