At least 14 people have been killed and seven others injured in a deadly attack in Budi County of South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State, a local government official, confirmed Monday, Report informs referring to Eye Radio.
Aliandro Lotok, State Governor's press secretary, said unknown shooters launched the attack on the Camp 15 area at around 1 a.m. on Sunday while people were sleeping, killing 12 women and two children.
"The state government has condemned the incident in the strongest term possible. We want to assure our citizens that the state authorities will investigate the attack," Lotok told Xinhua on the phone in Juba.
He added that the local authorities had not established the motive of the attack, noting that the attackers' major hunt is underway.
Lotok urged the local communities to remain calm despite the deadly attack as the state authorities strive to restore generally in the area as the government probes the killings.
The latest attack comes a week after a group of gunmen attacked a cantonment site harboring opposition forces of the Sudan People's Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) in Kapoeta County, killing its commander and four others.