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| South Sudan turf war leaves 47 dead |
| 2009-11-19 |
| At least 47 people have been killed and about 16 others have been injured in southern Sudan as an ethnic group responds to the rival's attacks on its livestock. The mortalities occurred during almost three days of brutal exchange of fire between the Lakes State's Mundari and Dinka Aliap ethnicities. Launching an unsuccessful hunt for cattle on Monday, Mundari gunman raided villages resided by Dinka Aliap people, southern army spokesman Kuol Deim Kuol told Reuters on Wednesday. "On the side of the Dinka 10 were killed and 16 [were] wounded. From the side of the Mundari 37 bodies were found on the ground," he added. "They (the Mundari) did not manage to take any cattle." "These people are neighbors who have a tradition of cattle raiding," Kuol claimed in remarks to the AFP news agency. The tribal violence has killed almost 2,000 people this year, threatening the realization of the 2005 north-south peace deal. Southern politicians accuse the central government of stoking the tensions to prevent a peace process ahead of the upcoming 2010 general elections and the 2011 referendum for southerners on independence. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Cattle rustlers - as we call them in Arizona. |
| Posted by: borgboy 2009-11-19 13:02 |