March 29, 2016 (JUBA) – Four people were killed and an equal numbers injured in an attack that occurred in Mirmir payam, about 30 Kilometers South of Koch county in South Sudan’s Northern Liech state on Monday, an official told Sudan Tribune.
The state information minister, Lam Tungwar blamed the attack on forces loyal to the armed opposition forces allied to ex-vice president, Riek Machar.
“Until now, only the bodies of the dead had been recovered and the wounded, the rest of the passengers are all taken by them [attackers],” Tungwar said in a statement.
The official, on behalf of the state government, strongly condemned the Koch county incident and demanded that the international community to bring the attackers to books.
“The government will not tolerate attacks of the kind any longer and it’s our constitutional right to protect the citizen of the state from any criminal acts committed by any person in the state,” he stressed.
