Boy dies after house collapses in Malual North County

A 17-year-old boy was killed and people injured after a house collapsed due to heavy rains in Peth Atak village in Malual North County of Lol State on Tuesday last week.

A 17-year-old boy was killed and people injured after a house collapsed due to heavy rains in Peth Atak village in Malual North County of Lol State on Tuesday last week.

Malual North County commissioner Ngong Kuac Mathiang said in a statement to Radio Tamazuj yesterday says it is a great loss to the family and county as a whole.

He further said four wounded people were taken to hospital for treatment.

He pointed out that thousands of houses collapsed  in  low lying areas of Goragen, Panriang, Peth Atak, Kak Luol, Malual Lol, Mariek, Kuel and War Perdit  because of heavy rains.

He appealed to the national government and NGOs to urgently provide humanitarian assistance such to the needy people in the area.