Eleven killed and Over 200 houses burned in Maridi, WES

JUBA JUNE 17,2015(NASS) - At least eleven people killed and over two hundred houses burned in Maridi County of western equatoria state by elements from lakes state who forced their cattle into the farms of the indigenous Maridi.

A delegation of parliamentarians including senior officials from the SPLA forces stated this on Tuesday as they arrived from Maridi where they assessed the level of damages caused by the 7^th of June incident

The deputy minister of foreign affairs, peter Bashir Gbandi who heads the delegation says some of the civilians have started returning home after massive devastations by the cattle owners stressing the need for law and order

He explained that the cattle keepers were heavily armed and managed to takeover and turned Catholic Church into cattle farm.

Although the deputy minister confirmed that the cattle keepers started leaving Maridi but called on the government and the relief agencies to rush to Maridi of western equatoria to rescue the situation saying this year cultivation will be so difficult in western equatoria because of fear that new attacks will arise.