ESAT News (March 15, 2017)

Murle bandits from neighboring South Sudan killed 28 people and kidnapped 43 children in Gambella, western Ethiopia on Sunday and Monday, Reuters reported quoting a regional spokesperson.

The cross border raid occurred in Gog and Jor areas bordering South Sudan, Chol Chany, a regional spokesperson said.

“Murle bandits carried out the attack. They fled along with 43 children,” Chany told Reuters.

The latest killings bring the total number to 50. On Friday and Saturday, ESAT reported that at least 22 people were killed in a cross-border raid by the Murle of South Sudan against the Anyuaks in Gambella, western Ethiopia.

A total of 189 people were killed and over over 200, including children, were kidnapped in a series of raids in the last two months.

In April 2016, 208 people were killed and over 100 children were kidnapped in a cross border raid by the Murle. Some 50 children were returned.