A 23-year-old man was killed in an apparent revenge attack in Koch County of South Sudan’s Unity State, police said.
The victim, identified as Sunday Tap Chuol, was allegedly targeted over a previous killing linked to an incident at the Bentiu displacement camp on April 21.
Unity State police spokesperson John Malieth told Radio Tamazuj that Chuol was killed on Saturday, April 25, in Jaak Payam by relatives of Manhial Buom, who had earlier been killed in the Bentiu camp.
Malieth said Chuol was spotted while passing through the area and was attacked on the spot.
Authorities in Koch County have not yet arrested any suspects, he said, adding that efforts were underway to apprehend those responsible.
He also cited a rise in violent incidents in the Bentiu camp, many involving young people.
Simon Gatdet of the Community Link Action and Development Organisation (CLADO), who also chairs civil society groups in Unity State, confirmed the killing and condemned the violence.
“As civil society, we condemn the killing that occurred in Koch County, where an armed man attacked a suspected perpetrator,” Gatdet said.
Revenge killings remain a concern in parts of Unity State, where cycles of violence persist despite efforts by authorities and community leaders to restore calm.
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