A driver of Somali origin and an SSPDF soldier were injured when the vehicle was ambushed in Abiemnom County in Ruweng Administrative Area (RAA) on Sunday.
The local authorities said they suspected armed youth from Mayom County were behind the attack.
Abiemnom County Commissioner Mario Deng Ayol told Radio Tamzaju Sunday that the incident happened at 6:30 a.m. in the area on the border of Abiemnom and Mayom County in Unity State.
“Armed youth were involved in the attack on the Somalia vehicle, which was coming from Bentiu Town and going to Juba through the Abiemnom road,” he explained. “The attackers were not identified, but we suspect they are from Mayom County because two weeks ago, armed youth from there overran the headquarters of Abiemnom County and killed over 46 people and severely injured other people during the fighting.”
Commissioner Deng added: “The wounded people were transferred to Abiemnom Hospital and I went to hospital to see them and they are recovering.”