South Sudan: Violence at Peace Meeting
May 9, 2012 1:25 pm
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More than 10 people were killed and a United Nations employee was shot and wounded when clashes broke out at a peace meeting in South Sudan, United Nations officials said Friday. The local authorities called a meeting in Unity State on Wednesday in response to escalating violence between ethnic militias that had killed hundreds if not thousands of people in the past few months. A shootout erupted nearby and a United Nations team helping mediate in the crisis was "caught in the cross-fire," according to a United Nations report. South Sudanese officials said that as many as 37 people may have been killed.
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First Published February 4, 2012 12:01 am
First Published February 4, 2012 12:01 am
