Riek Machar’s rebels Attack Maperdit, Rumbek, Lakes State
2 min readBy Akech Mam Deng, Rumbek
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January 19, 2015 (SSB) — This morning at around 6am,forces of Riek Machar attacked Rumbek North county (Maperdit) and killed eight civilians including one woman and a child.
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They rebels were believed to have come from Unity State that’s according to SPLA Spokeperson Philip Aguer.
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Philip Aguer told Radio Miraya that the attackers came along with the machine guns like AK47 and RPG. He didn’t express if there could be some SPLA soldiers were rush there to rescue the situation.
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The writer is a student at University of Rumbek.He can be reached at johnmam60@yahoo.com
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