South Sudan: Sudan: Abyei Community Accuses Sudan of Deadly Attack

Jul 17, 2014 | AllAfrica
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Juba — Officials and community leaders from the contested oil-producing region of Abyei have accused the Sudanese government of carrying out a raid on Thursday in which a number of people were killed.

Justice Deng Biong Mijak, senior member of South Sudan's governing Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) who has responsibility for the Abyei file, alleged on Thursday that the attack was carried out by a combined armed force of rival Arab Misseriya nomads and the South Sudan United Movement under the leadership of Thomas Thiel, a South Sudanese militia leader allied to the Sudanese government in the area.

According to Mijak, militia fighters armed with PKM sub-machine guns attacked a Ngok Dinka cattle camp at Gong e Mou near Abyei town about 1.30am, attempting to loot around 400 head of cattle.