Sudan: SPLA 'Kill 84' in Attacks On Gatdet's Militia in Unity State

10 May 2011

Bentiu — South Sudan's army (SPLA) has attacked militias loyal to rebel leader Peter Gatdet in the Nyadiet area of Unity state on Sunday and Monday killing 84 according to a local official. The SPLA allege that Gatdet is backed by the Sudan's northern army, the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) in a bid to destabalise the region ahead of its independence in July.

The SPLA launched the attack in a remote village of Nyadiet in the western part of Mayom county on the Unity's border between Warrap state, killing 38 on Sunday and a further 46 according to Unity state's government spokesman Gideon Gatpan Thoar.

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