location: Yei
notes: SPLA reportedly attacked SPLA-IO positions in and around Yei but were repulsed by SPLA-IO, leaving 18 killed. Civilians were reportedly killed in the fighting and displaced to border areas. In the course of the fighting, SPLA soldiers allegedly burnt down houses in Lutaya area, including a Pastoral Centre of the Catholic Diocese.
target_text: location: Yei, fatalities: 18