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One killed and 4 injured along Torit Kapoeta road

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On 15.8.2016.Torit: One killed, four injured on Torit-Kapoeta road. One person was killed and four others injures when unidentified gunmen ambushed a vehicle along Torit-Kapoeta road, officials said Monday. The incident reportedly took place at Okuma Mafi in Hiyala payam of Torit County in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria state on Sunday. The state information minister, Josephine Nakuru said those ambushed were national security personal traveling from Torit to Kapoeta county of Eastern Equatoria state. “The aim of this people were to make sure they got these boys in hand or get the ammunition and the vehicles that these boys were using,” said Nakuru. One of the security operative, she added, escaped with injuries and was brought at Kapoeta hospital for treatment.

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Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - 03:45
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