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By Yang Ater Yang<\/p>\n
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A group of armed youths from Pakam community, Rumbek North County attacked a military base in Malek Payam, Rumbek Central County to raid cattle, on Sunday.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Lakes State police spokesperson, Maj. Elijah Mabor Makuac while confirming the incident to No. 1 Citizen Daily Newspaper, on Monday said the assailants killed one security officer.<\/p>\n “The attackers killed one security personnel and wounded a woman and a regional court member from Maper in a crossfire. They also stole over 50 head of cattle that were being held by security forces at the base,” Maj. Makuac said.<\/p>\n The cattle, according to Maj. Makuac, were previously raided from Luanyjang community in Tonj East County.<\/p>\n Lakes State government had been working to return them to their rightful owners.<\/p>\n “The government is actively engaging Pakam’s armed youth and their traditional leaders to apprehend the attackers and recover the stolen cattle,” Maj. Makuac stated.<\/p>\n “Reports suggest three individuals died during the attack, but their identities remain unclear. We are investigating to determine who they were” he added,<\/p>\n Maj. Makuac issued a strong warning to communities whose are youth are always involved in the circle of attacks and cattle raiding and killing.<\/p>\n “Attacking your own government is a recurring issue in Lakes State. Stop these acts! This government serves your well-being. There’s no reason to turn on your own security forces.” The police spokesperson echoed<\/p>\n “I urge anyone with a weapon and considering attacking a government position to refrain immediately!” he emphasized.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Yang Ater Yang A group of armed youths from Pakam community, Rumbek North County attacked a military base in Malek Payam, Rumbek Central County to raid cattle, on Sunday. Lakes State police spokesperson, Maj. Elijah Mabor Makuac while confirming the incident to No. 1 Citizen Daily Newspaper,[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lakes-state","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24860"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24861,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24860\/revisions\/24861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}