Three cattle herders killed, one wounded in Duk County ambush

At least three cattle keepers were killed and one wounded after they fell into an ambush in Duk County of Jonglei state on Tuesday morning.

The area commissioner told Eye Radio the cattle herders were attacked at around 8:00 AM while on their way to Padiet Payam from Pagak Payam.

“They killed three men, wounded another man and took almost 2,500 heads of cattle,” he said.

Peter Lajor said the suspected attackers raided 2, 500 heads of cattle belonging to the victims.

According to the county official, youth in Paloch area where the incident occurred tried to pursue the attackers.

“The youth tried to pursue the attackers, but the youth did not give us a report whether they reached where the cattle were with the attackers or not. We are still waiting for results from those who ran after the attackers and the community is calm, there is no problem,’ he added.