SOUTH SUDAN: 10 killed as Militias raid Wau
At least 10 people were killed in the South Sudanese town of Wau on Monday, as ethnic militias went house to house searching for people from other groups, witnesses said. Streets were deserted as families hid inside, residents told Reuters by phone. Some reported seeing killings. Witnesses said the militias were aligned with the government’s […]
At least 10 people were killed in the South Sudanese town of Wau on Monday, as ethnic militias went house to house searching for people from other groups, witnesses said.
Streets were deserted as families hid inside, residents told Reuters by phone. Some reported seeing killings.
Witnesses said the militias were aligned with the government’s side in the country’s ethnically-charged civil war. They accused army soldiers of blocking the main road to a civilian encampment protected by U.N. peacekeepers.
South Sudan’s deputy army spokesperson, Colonel Santo Domic Chol, said fighting had first broken out during a mutiny by soldiers at the town’s prison. He was awaiting more information, he said.
The fighting followed an ambush that killed a brigadier general and a colonel in Wau state over the weekend, a rebel spokesman based outside the country said.
“This morning the government forces were retaliating against innocent Fertit peeople,” he said, referring to a a local ethnic group.