South Sudan will deploy hundreds of soldiers to the border with Congo and the Central African Republic to defeat the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).  Between two and five people have reportedly been killed during the raids in Ezzo and Tamburo and an unknown number abducted.

SPLA-spokesman Philip Aguer said Thursday that 500 South Sudanese soldiers were deployed to the region. Officials said two people were killed. A Ugandan working with Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB), an International NGO in Yambio in South Sudan said on Friday that the attack on 6 November occurred in Ezo. The LRA attacked the area around noon and looted several properties and set several houses on fire. She said several humanitarian agencies have suspended field work in the area and those neighbouring it for fear of attack.

Jolly Grace Okot, the Invisible Children Regional Ambassador, said they have received reports that the attacks occurred in separate areas of. She says that on 6 November, a local militia group known as the Arrow Boys pursued the assailants in Nabaria and Ezo all inside South Sudan. She said six abducted men were released shortly thereafter, but it is unknown what became of the three abducted women.

Several were released, and one was killed in the forest. Anglican Bishop John Nzawo of Ezzo diocese also said one of the attacks happened in "the small village of Naazinga, one person was killed on the spot and properties have been destroyed and looted. One person was severely injured and he was taken to hospital," Nzawo said. (Sources: VOA, Red Pepper, Radio Tamazuj)

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