Fifteen people, including a regional commissioner, died when their convoy was ambushed in South Sudan’s eastern Pibor region near the Ethiopian frontier, a senior official said Wednesday.
Suspected armed youths belonging to the Anyuak ethnic group from Pochalla county ambushed the convoy on Tuesday morning, said Abraham Kelang, information minister of the Greater Pibor Administrative Area.
Clashes between rival ethnic groups in South Sudan erupt frequently — often sparked by cattle rustling and disputes over natural resources, or in retaliation for previous attacks.
Many of South Sudan’s feuding communities are flush with weapons, after a five-year civil war broke out in 2013.
The convoy had only travelled 10 kilometres (six miles) when it encountered gunfire “which led to the killing of the commissioner plus 14 others”, Kelang told AFP.
In addition to the commissioner of Jebel…
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