9 members of one family killed in Gbudue State

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Nearly nine members of one family were killed after gunmen attacked their home in Guruba County in South Sudan’s Gbudue State on Wednesday, a local official said.

Nearly nine members of one family were killed after gunmen attacked their home in Guruba County in South Sudan’s Gbudue State on Wednesday, a local official said.

Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Thursday, Gbudue’s minister of local government, Ezekiel Jackson said that nine members of a single family were killed by unknown gunmen.

He pointed out that the relevant authorities dispatched a security force to investigate the incident.

Nobody claimed responsibility for the attack so far.