South Sudan Rebels Accussed Of Massacres And Ethnic Cleansing After Capturing The Town of Bentiu last week

UN: Rebels Massacred ‘Hundreds’ of Civilians in South Sudan -- Voice of America

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations Mission in South Sudan says rebels killed “hundreds” of civilians in ethnically-motivated attacks when they captured the town of Bentiu last week.

The U.N. strongly condemned what it called targeted killings of civilians which took place along national and ethnic lines.

In a statement, the U.N. mission, known as UNMISS, said more than 200 civilians were reportedly killed and over 400 wounded in the Bentiu's mosque, where they had gone to flee the violence.

It said fighters with the rebel force, known as the SPLA in Opposition, separated individuals based on their ethnicities and nationalities, safely escorting some out of the mosque and killing others.

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