Authorities of Ajak Kuac Payam in Twic County of Warrap state say armed men shot and killed two women and two children during an attack on Monday night.
The Executive Director of the defunct Ajak Kuac County, Simon Agujok, told Radio Tamazuj that the perpetrators only targeted women and children whose ages range between 3 and 4 years. Four other children sustained gunshot wounds.
“The criminals came at night at around nine o’clock and found people eating at home and started shooting. They opened fire at the children and women and killed two boys and two women and wounded four others. These are just children,” he said.
Agujok said the wounded children are receiving medical attention at a hospital in Abyei but one of them is in critical condition.
He further claimed that the attackers who did not raid any cattle ran towards Unity State.
Several attempts by Radio Tamazuj to reach the executive director of Mayom County of Unity State to verify the claims were futile.