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Over 100 slain in cattle raid in South Sudan: governor

JUBA: Over 100 people were killed on Friday in a cattle raid carried out by heavily-armed rebels in South Sudan's trou
Published February 10, 2013 Updated February 10, 2013 01:05pm

 

The people of Walgak in Akobo County were migrating north to the wetlands with cattle "and were being escorted by an army platoon when they came under attack by a huge force using automatic weapons," Jonglei governor Kuol Manyang said on Sunday, adding that the assailants "left 103 people killed."

 

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2013