Government and opposition forces clashed Sunday in Yuai area in Bieh state on Sunday, with either force claiming to have inflicted much harm on the other.
Opposition forces said they attacked government forces killing more than 90 soldiers while destroying three military vehicles.
He said yesterday. “Our forces clashed with government forces in Yuai at around 5 am to 8:30 am this morning. Our forces managed to kill 93 from the government including 2 brigadier generals, we also managed to destroy one tank and two others military vehicles loaded with heavy machines guns,” SPLA-IO military spokesperson William Gatjiath told Radio Tamazuj.
“We lost five from our forces and suffered nine injuries,” claimed Gatjiath.
However, the government army spokesperson Lul Ruai Koang confirmed the attack but differed in the number of casualties reported by the opposition.
“This is not true. What happened yesterday is that the opposition forces attacked our base in Yuai in Uror County of Bieh state, and we acted in self-defense and we were able to repulse them. We managed to kill 23. We captured 5 PKM guns and 19 AK-47,” said Koang.
Koang also claimed that they killed an opposition major general and injured more than 50 opposition forces during the attack, while denying any losses on their side.
Koang pointed out that that Yuai is still under government control.