| Description |
Military and armed men loyal to Machar's SPLA/M-IO clashed in Kansuk of Kajo-Keji county. 21 soldiers killed, dozens wounded on both sides. Reports of 3 civilians also killed. 1500 displaced. Clashes supposedly sparked when soldiers did not want to pay for goods from sellers in the market, and opposition forces loyal to Machar saw the verbal disagreement between soldiers and merchants and decided to intervene with force. Reports that during the fighting, army units from Juba and from Mundari in central Kajo-Keji were sent as reinforcements. Both were ambsuhed en route to Kansuk, with unknown number of people killed in the ambush on the Mundari unit. Fatalities for events in Kansuk and Mundari (Kansuk coordinates used) is 34 (21 soldiers, 3 civilians, and 10 coded for unknown number of lives lost in road ambush near Mundari). |
