192 people killed in South Sudan’s continuous gun violence – Data Report

By 211 Check Editorial Team

A data report released by 211 Check articulates that at least 192 persons across the country died in August alone due to incidents related to gun-violence.

The report is based on death tales generated from reports issued by prominent media houses, such as Radio Tamazuj, Eye Radio, and Radio Miraya.

In comparison to July’s gun-violence report where 63 people were killed, the August killings represent a 67.19 percent rise.

The majority of the deaths from violence happened in Western Equatoria State, where 57 people died, mostly as a result of confrontations in Tambura County which made the State to lead the count.

Upper Nile State ranks second with 36 deaths – majority of which occurred during the Magenis conflict following the Kitgwang Declaration – an event where the main opposition group experienced a breakaway faction opposing South Sudan’s First Vice President Dr Riek Machar.

Warrap State occupied the third position with 31 cases mostly linked to cattle raids, while road ambushes and inter-communal clashes between some Mundari Community resulted into killing 18 people in Central Equatoria State.

Eastern Equatoria and Unity States recorded 13 and 18 cases respectively. On the other hand, a total of fifteen people people died in Jonglei, Lakes, and Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal States with each State recording 5 death cases each.

Lastly, four personnel perished in Western Bahr-el-Ghazal State. Surprisingly, there were no documented occasions of gun violence deaths in any of the three administrative areas of Abyei, Ruweng, or Greater Pibor.

NOTE: This data doesn’t fully bear the actual or complete number of killings across the country, it only bears data reported by the two prominent media houses [Radio Tamazuj, Eye Radio, and Radio Miraya]. There might be several other deaths recorded by various media houses or those not even reported.

Below is a bar chart bearing the statistics of deaths recorded.