Africa-Press – South-Sudan. South Sudan’s army confirmed on Wednesday that its forces carried out a bombing in a remote area of Mayom County, Unity State, after local sources reported at least six people were killed and 12 others wounded in the airstrikes.
The attack, which occurred on Tuesday afternoon at a cattle camp in Tong village, Kueryiek Payam, has left the local community in a dire situation, according to camp leader Kai Mut.
He told Sudans Post that the wounded were receiving traditional care due to the significant distance to the nearest medical facilities and the lack of accessible roads.
“This place is very far from the nearest town with a hospital or a health facility and does not have any road leading to the towns where there are hospitals. As a result, the people who have been wounded are receiving traditional care here and the dead have been buried,” Mut said.
While army spokesman Maj. Gen. Lul Ruai Koang confirmed the bombing to Sudans Post as a “strategic” operation, he declined to provide further details regarding casualties or the reasons behind the attack.
“I have no comment, I am not ready to make any comment regarding all the reported bombings,” he said.
In a subsequent post on social media, Lul indicated that the army would not be commenting on bombings in Mayom and Fangak.
“This brief statement serves to inform all media agencies that, as of now, SSPDF command, has no comments to make on reported strategic bombing raids in Fangak and Mayom Counties of Jonglei and Unity States, respectively,” he said.
Local sources informed Sudans Post that the airstrike on Tong village may have been a retaliatory action following cattle raids in several villages within Warrap State earlier on Tuesday.
These villages included Jokbir, Lieng, Riang Mabior, Ajakdit, and Wathok Mayinrol, and the raids reportedly resulted in at least fourteen fatalities and twenty-two injuries.
A section of residents of Tong village conveyed to Sudans Post their suspicion that the army mistakenly believed the cattle raiders originated from their community, a claim they vehemently denied.
When contacted by Sudans Post, Mayom County Commissioner General James Lilyliy Kuol said he was unaware of the bombing, citing the remoteness of the area and poor communication networks.
“I have heard about the incident, but I cannot confirm it because the place where it is said to have happened is very remote and you know the network problems, even now I cannot hear you well. So, I will have to first confirm from the affected people,” he said.
Major Kerbino Yai Pazale, a spokesman for the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO), stated that the opposition forces have no presence in the villages that were bombed in Mayom County.
The bombing in Mayom follows similar military actions in other parts of the Greater Upper Nile region, including Nasir, Ulang, and Old Fangak town.
This escalation occurs against a backdrop of a complex internal conflict and the March 26, 2025, detention of First Vice President Riek Machar, who is also the leader of the main armed opposition SPLM-IO.
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