Terekeka County Commissioner Jacob Gore Samuel demanded the arrest of the killers behind the deaths of nearly a dozen Kworijik villagers last week.
Over 3000 people have fled their homes following the killing of ten people from Northern Bari payam by suspected Mundari cattle keepers from Terekeka.
Gore, standing with the six Mundari chiefs, said there would be a full inquiry into the violence. He said an investigative committee had two weeks to present its findings, Radio Miraya reported.
The commissioner condemned the attacks and told cattle keepers to leave the area for their places of origin.
Gore said: “We have issued an order as a county authority together with the chiefs, the youth, and my government. Those who have killed the people, including the cattle camp that has done this act, we are going to arrest these people. If they enter town or they run where we shall arrest them. I have already ordered the cattle camp to identify the perpetrators so that we can bring them before the law. Why did they kill the youth?”
The Mundari chiefs describe the violence as an isolated incident that was not organized by their community.
Many of the displaced have fled to Juba. James Yacoub Moses, a representative of the displaced community, told Radio Miraya: “Some of the people who brought us assistance include the commissioner of Juba County. Authorities of Northern Bari also brought us assistance. The Vice President also brought us some assistance. The number of people currently here is 3,959 totaling to 7,000 with the others in the Gezira area and other places we also received a report that all the remaining houses have all been burnt.”