location: Yei
notes: SPLA soldiers detained and shot at a group of 10 Kakwa youths in Yei, killing four of them instantly and injuring four others. Two were in a critical condition and arrangements were made for their medical evacuation on 14 January 2017. On the way to Yei airport, SPLA soldiers at a checkpoint stopped the vehicle in which the injured were travelling. They accused the accompanying doctor and driver of facilitating the escape of rebels, beat them, and briefly detained them at the military barracks. The doctor and driver were later released, and allowed to drive the men back to Yei hospital The two injured men later died of their injuries.
target_text: location: Yei, fatalities: 4