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Inter-Communal Clashes Kill 7 in South Sudan

Daniel Mareng Wek

   JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN - Seven people were killed and several others injured
   during several days of inter-communal clashes this week in the Tonj
   North County of Warrap state in South Sudan.

   Second Lieutenant Bona Bak Akot, chief of the criminal investigation
   unit of Tonj North County, said the fighting occurred a few kilometers
   outside of Warrap Town, but police did not try to stop the violence.

   "The police did not intervene because local youth are well armed;
   sometimes, they overran government forces. In this situation the police
   are vulnerable," Akot told VOA's South Sudan in Focus program.

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