{"id":40241,"date":"2025-10-07T10:46:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T08:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/?p=40241"},"modified":"2025-10-07T11:21:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T09:21:46","slug":"40241","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/07\/40241\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 300 head of cattle raided in Twic East County"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Peter Kuol Kuch<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Authorities of Twic East County in Jonglei State have reported that over 300 head of cattle were raided in Twic East County.<\/p>\n

Speaking to No. 1 Citizen Daily Newspaper. Hon. Juac Arok, the Commissioner of Twic East County stated that the cattle were raided in the cattle camp in Poktiap over the weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, it true, the incident happened in Saturday on over the weekend. We have tried ways to establish where the attackers come from but we are later informed that this incident was waged by some notorious youth from Duk.\u2019\u2019 Juac stated.<\/p>\n

Juac stated that the raided have been traced and were found to be from Duk County.<\/p>\n

He said he has been engaging with his Counterpart in Duk since the day of incident on ways to hold the culprits and return the raided cattle to the rightful owners.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very sure of that. Right now we are talking to the Commissioner in Duk. He has identified that criminals to be from Duk, it\u2019s clear why they are doing this but he has assured me that they are engaging the local chief and the culprits in order to return the cattle to their owners.\u2019\u2019 he said..<\/p>\n

For his part, John Chaptim Reath, the Commissioner of Duk County admitted that the attackers come from Duk.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, this is a true story, right now, the cows were said to have been taken to Duk Padiet and the chiefs from the area have been informed- they are working hard to make sure that these culprits are brought to book and that cattle ae returned to their owners.\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

However, Commissioner Reath cited that his engaging the perpetrators together with local chiefs about what triggered them to raid the cattle.<\/p>\n

Hon. John assured that through the local chiefs, to ensure that all the raided cattle are returned to their rightful owners.<\/p>\n

He confessed that the cattle raided compromised of the cattle from Twic East and Nyar-weng in Duk respectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cthe cattle don\u2019t belong to Twic East alone, this is the lie, in the latest reported we have, there are cattle from Nyarweng which were also raided. But that number can\u2019t reach 300.\u00a0 According to the report given to me, they were only three folds taken, they can\u2019t amount to 300.\u2019\u2019he said<\/p>\n

Commissioner Reath condemned the incident and described it as primitive behaviours that Youth are inflicting the communities.<\/p>\n

Since 2023, the communities of Ayuel and Hol in Twic East and Duk Counties have been engaging in circle of revenge attacks, leading to several losses and property destruction.<\/p>\n

However, many peace accords have been held between the two communities to end the atrocities but nothing seems to work out.<\/p>\n

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