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| UN confirms hundreds slaughtered in S. Sudan atrocities |
| 2015-01-10 |
| [ARABNEWS] Rebels in South Sudan slaughtered at least 353 civilians in April last year, including people sheltering in a mosque, hospital and a United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... base, UN rights Sherlocks said Friday. The report is the first detailed account of two incidents that have highlighted a pattern of gross abuses and atrocities committed during the year-old civil war in the worlds youngest nation. The UN also noted that nearly nine months after the events, no perpetrator has been held accountable for the killings, which it said may amount to war crimes. In the April 15 attack on the northern oil-town of Bentiu, fighters backing South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar murdered at least 287 civilians sheltering in a mosque, many of them traders and their families from neighboring Sudans Darfur region. They lined up about 20 Darfurians, who were tied with their clothing... and told them to run to save their lives, the report said. When they ran, soldiers shot at them outside of the gate. Later that day, 19 non-combatants were killed in the towns hospital, UN Sherlocks said. Fighters also took to the radio urging rival groups to be forced from the town and for men to rape women from the rival tribe. Victims were deliberately targeted on the basis of their ethnicity, nationality or perceived support for one of the parties to the conflict, the UN said in a 33-page report. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 How do rebels slaughter civilians sheltered in a UN base? |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2015-01-10 11:56 |