Five chiefs have been arrested for allegedly incting violence among communities in Bor South County in Jonglei state, where 22 people were killed following clashes between rival communities over the renaming of a contested area.
The inter-communal fighting involved Nyara, Manyayiel, Biong and Nyichak clans. One of the sides demanded that the village’s name be changed to Anuet instead of Panweel.
Bor South Commissioner Deng Mabior told Radio Tamazuj today that five chiefs were arrested on Tuesday and that other people suspected of being ringleaders of the violence will be arrested.
“Those who were wounded during the clashes will also be arrested,” he said.
Mabior said that calm had returned to the area after police and army created a buffer zone between the rival communities.