'They are now preparing mass graves for the victims.' Suspected Misseriya tribesmen kill at least 32 people in disputed Abyei border region of South Sudan, officials say
The attackers probably aimed to drive locals out of the remote, poorly governed area to enhance their access to grazing resources, local officials say.
"Thirty-two people were killed among them children and women, and secondly about 24 people are wounded ... about 15 people including children were abducted and 20 houses burned," Kuol Alor Kuol, the chief administrator of the Abyei area, told AFP news agency. The area, which has oil reserves, is populated by the Ngor Dinka ethnic community and the Arab Misseriya, who usually foray from Sudan into South Sudan with their animals for grazing.Wednesday's attack unfolded at 7 am local time, said Kuol, when the tribesmen stormed the Dinka village of Kolom near Abyei town and set some of its dwellings ablaze.It was not immediately clear whether all the dead died in burning homes.
The attackers probably aimed to drive locals out of the remote, poorly governed area to enhance their access to grazing resources, Kuol said.Oil-producing South Sudan plunged into civil war two years after its 2011 independence when President Salva Kiir sacked former rebel leader Riek Machar as vice president.
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