Authorities in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area are tracing the whereabouts of four children who were allegedly abducted on Monday afternoon.

The children were abducted from their parents in an attack by suspected criminal groups, according to Jay Adangor, Minister of Information for the Greater Pibor Administrative Area.

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 Adangor says that a group of women was travelling from Lurdook village to Dholaam village when they were ambushed, beaten up, and their children taken away.

He said the women were going to collect food in the town centre and when the criminals attacked them near Dholaam.

GPAA information minister says this is the third incident in a month involving criminal attacks on unarmed civilians.

“The first one was on the 18^th of December when people were actually approaching Christmas celebrations; about 26 herds of cattle were from Utalo. On December 22^nd, there was an attack in the area of Pajwala, where they attacked the person who was taking care of cattle and in the process, they killed one person and injured two people, but they did not manage to take the cattle,” he revealed.

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 Jay, says the hunt is on for the suspected criminals and the authorities are committed to making sure that the children are returned to their parents.