Road ambush leaves 21 dead

A road ambush blamed on South Sudanese rebels left 21 people dead over the weekend, police said Monday, as the UN warned of a surge of violence in the world’s youngest nation. Police spokesman Dominant Kawcgwok said a group of mostly women and children – fleeing violence further north – were travelling in a lorry […]

A road ambush blamed on South Sudanese rebels left 21 people dead over the weekend, police said Monday, as the UN warned of a surge of violence in the world’s youngest nation.
Police spokesman Dominant Kawcgwok said a group of mostly women and children – fleeing violence further north – were travelling in a lorry between the capital Juba and the southern city of Yei when it “fell into ambush”.
“We lost something like 21 people,” and another 20 were wounded, he said.