South Sudan army kills businessman Kerbino Wol in Lakes
South Sudan Businessman Kerbino Wol sitting in a court room in Juba in 2018 (Photo credit: Nyamilepedia)
June 15, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan army has reportedly killed businessman turned-rebel leader, Kerbino Wol, during clashes in the country’s Lakes state after a four-day-long battle between a handful of his forces – mostly civilians – and the army.
Sources said from Yirol that Kerbino was exactly killed at Ayen Mayar[dit] village in Amukpiny in Rumbek East county after coming under ambush by members of South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) army.
“Kerbino Wol, the leader of the newly formed movement which is called ‘7th of October’ has been killed. He was killed during an ambush with the South Sudan army east of Yirol,” one source said from Aweirial.
Army spokesman Lul Ruai Koang did not response to several calls, but a military source told South Sudan News Now in Juba that Kerbino had been killed, according “unofficial” information that he has gathered.
“Yes, according to my information, he has been killed today. It was about 12, when he died,” the military source who refused not to be named said from South Sudan’s capital Juba.
Kerbino was a former South Sudan National Security employee. He was arrested in April 2018 for allegedly planning rebelion against the government – a charge that may cause death or life sentence – but was released in January this year through a presidential pardon.
Last week, exactly on June 5, 2020, he announced during an interview with the VOA’s South Sudan in Focus that he had formed a rebel group known as ‘The 7th October Movement’ to fight against Kiir’s “injustice and oppression.”
His killing comes barely four days after a tribal armed commander was killed for reportedly supporting him.
Monydiar Maker, the commander of the Gelweng militia group which participated in the 2013 Juba massacre of thousands of Nuer civilians.
The army did not however announced Monydiar’s killing, but reports said that the man was killed along with his seven wives and one child.
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