location: Lafon
notes: SPLA claims clashes over 6-7 March with SPLA-IO rebels who were reportedly blocking the road connecting Kapoeta and Torit. On 6 March, two SPLA soldiers (including a senior official) were reportedly killed and several others injured in an ambush by the rebels at Kiyala village. On 7 March, SPLA-IO and local youth ambushed government forces in Lopa county, killing three SPLA. Villagers accused SPLA soldiers of going on rampage after the ambush on 7 March, harassing civilians and burning down houses - which SPLA denied.
target_text: location: Lafon, fatalities: 3