The states (shaded) of South Sudan where conflict has been reported. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
By MACHEL AMOS in Juba
More than 34 people, mostly women and children,
have been killed in a surprise rebel attack on Kolnyang Payam to the
east of Jonglei State capital Bor, police and government officials said
on Friday.
Former vice-president Dr Riek Machar’s rebel
forces stormed the village on Wednesday evening, chasing out women and
children who had just returned from the bushes since they fled fighting
in mid-December, Bor County Commissioner Dr Agoot Alier said.
“They just shot indiscriminately at the people. We
have found 34 bodies of these people and the toll may be higher,” Dr
Agoot said.
“When the civilians returned [after the government
took control of Bor], they thought they would be safe in the villages,”
he said.
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