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By Manas James Okony<\/p>\n
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Fresh clashes erupted in Fangak County. In early hours of Wednesday morning, leaving scores dead.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The clashed involved South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Forces (SSPDF) against Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) and White Army.<\/p>\n The violence took place in Jonglei State\u2019s town of New Fangak and has resulted in numerous fatalities.<\/p>\n Commander of SSPDF’s special operations forces, Maj. Gen. Parom Angui, told No. 1 Citizen Newspaper that the fighting began when the government army barracks came under heavy attack.<\/p>\n \u201cAt 5 am this morning, we were attacked in New Fangak town. We managed to repel the attackers, and the town is currently under our control,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n While Gen. Parom mentioned that dozens were killed during the skirmish, he refrained from providing specific figures.<\/p>\n \u201cThe attackers left behind multiple bodies. On our side, we have sustained losses as well, but they are relatively minor. We are currently in the process of collecting and counting the dead,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n Following the clashes, Gen. Parom indicated that the town remains deserted.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are no civilians left in the town. Local youth have joined the SPLA-IO in fighting against us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n SPLA-IO could not immediately be reached for comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Manas James Okony Fresh clashes erupted in Fangak County. In early hours of Wednesday morning, leaving scores dead. The clashed involved South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Forces (SSPDF) against Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) and White Army. The violence took place in Jonglei State\u2019s town of New[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":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36519","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=36519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36520,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36519\/revisions\/36520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}