Four children were abducted and a woman critically injured in a road attack armed men in Pochalla South County of Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA) on Tuesday.
The county commissioner, Peter Ogalla Ochudho, told Radio Tamazuj that the incident occurred when the group of women and their children were waylaid by the assailants in the outskirts of Akila Payam headquarters, Okadi, on Tuesday afternoon.
“The incident occurred at about 1 pm when the group of women was moving from Lurdook to Ollam to receive food supplements for their malnourished children were attacked by Murle criminals, “Ogalla said. “Four children were abducted and one woman stabbed with a knife.”
The county commissioner pointed out that local youths are still pursuing the attackers in a bid to recover the abductees.
Amati Ochan, the county police inspector condemned the incident and said policemen and local youths have been dispatched to Okadi to help recover the abducted children.
“They were going to get food for their children and there were no armed men with them,” Ochan said. “The youth are following them and I have also sent the police to recover the children.”
For his part, Jay Adingora Alual, the GPAA information minister, also condemned the incident and he said that the local authorities have been directed to hunt down the abductors.
‘The incident occurred at Okadi. Those criminals who are suspected to be from Murle took four children and beat up women,” Minister Alual said. “The chief administrator has directed the local authorities to search for the criminals. But the problem is that of a lack of enough security forces.”