South Sudan: 28 People Killed in Warrap State Cattle Raid

18 April 2014

Juba — At least 20 people were killed and dozens injured when suspected cattle raiders attacked a village in South Sudan's Warrap state on Thursday, an official said.

"On Thursday 17, at around 2: am, a group of armed men infiltrated security arrangement of Tonj North County and entered Alabek payam. The attackers targeted cattle camps while people were sleeping and tried to drive away the cattle," Paul Dhel Gum, the acting minister for information and telecommunications told Sudan Tribune by phone Friday.

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