location: Pagak
notes: Pro-government forces (SPLA and SPLA-IO led by Deng Gai) captured SPLA-IO's stronghold town of Pagak in Upper Nile. Both sides traded accusations over who started the clash: SPLA claimed it responded to an attack by the rebels on their positions in the area, and that SPLA-IO destroyed ammunition stores upon fleeing from the area and fired mortar rounds; the rebels claimed they were forced to withdraw after state forces launched ground and air attacks on the town.
target_text: location: Pagak, fatalities: 0