One civilian was shot dead this morning and a policeman was seriously injured when fighting broke out among residents of Pochalla County of the Greater Pibor Administrative Area.

Sources told Radio Tamazuj that the fight started in the morning during a distribution of food items at around 9 AM. “This fighting is due to hidden politics in the county that is seriously divided,” a resident said.

He alleged that the fight started after residents from one part of the county refused to allow their counterparts from another part of the county to receive food items. “The number of people denied food was 300 most of whom are women and elderly.”