An older man was reportedly killed by a lion on Tuesday in Akoon South in Gogrial West County, a local official said, the second fatal lion attack this year.
The lion attacked fisherman Yel Deng Akuei when he went to check his nets and hooks, according to Akoon South Payam Administrator Simon Apet Deng.
“My message to entire community is that they should move with group because this old man he was killed by wild animal because he moving alone without tools for protection,” Deng said.
“The old man was carrying one spear and we found it was broken in the riverside in the place where he died.”
In January, a woman was found dead in Gogrial West County, and authorities suspected a lion in that incident as well, Deng said.