South Sudan's English Daily Newspaper
"We Dare where others fear"
By Awan Achiek
Duk County authorities have recovered the more than 25,000 cows that were raided on Saturday by suspected Murle youth.
Philip Thon Leek Deng, MP representing Duk County in the National Legislative Assembly told The Dawn that the cows which had been stolen from Patuet, Cholatim and Werawaar in Panyang Payam were recovered on Sunday after local youth pursued and attacked the raiders.
“All cows that were stolen on Saturday from Patuet, Cholatim and Werawaar of Panyang Payam of Duk County by the Murle militias have all been recovered yesterday night by the brave youth of Nyarweng Athoon,” Thon said.
On 4th January, 28 people were killed and 30 wounded and over 7,000 cows were looted in Duk Payuel and Poktap of Duk County by suspected Murle youth from neighbouring Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA).
A similar incident occurred on 23rd January, in which two people were killed and an unspecified number of cows stolen in a fresh attack in Duk County of Jonglei State.
Jonglei and Greater Pibor Administrative Area are often embroiled in tit-for-tat violence often characterized in the form of cattle raiding, revenge killings and child abduction.
Attempts to resolve the intermittent violence have failed despite communities from both areas holding peace conferences to end the fighting.
