Two people were killed and one other injured in a road ambush by armed bandits on the outskirts of Jonglei State capital, Bor town on Saturday morning, local officials said. 

Speaking to Radio Tamazuj, Yuot Alier, the Bor County commissioner, said: “The incident happened on Saturday morning, the young men left Malek area for Anyidi to buy cows. Between Anyidi and Thienwei area, they were attacked. Two of them were killed and the third person was injured.”

Alier pointed out that the victims were also robbed of their belongings and that investigation is ongoing. 

“After I learned of the incident, I sent police officers on a tractor to collect the bodies because the road is muddy. We brought the bodies and they are buried,” he said. 

Veronica William, the state information minister, condemned the incident and said security forces have been dispatched to provide security. 

For his part, Gen. Jodeph Mayen Akoon, the state police commissioner, said: “Those killed near Thien area include a police sergeant major called Makuol. The following morning, somebody was arrested near the incident scene but we are not sure if that person was involved in the killing.”