Unity State destruction after alleged SAF bombardment
By Bonifacio Taban Kuich
April 12, 2012 (BENTIU) – The commissioner of Guit County in Unity state, Puoy Yaka, accused Sudan’s army of deliberately bombing civilians in his jurisdiction on Thursday morning, in an interview with Sudan Tribune.
He also alleged that SAF released three bombs on Thoan, two on Kajaakand one on Keay; all within Guit County during Thursday morning, killing one person and injuring another. Thoan is just 2km from the state capital, Benitu.
Martha Nyalada Diew, a resident of Thoan, whose house home was damaged by an alleged SAF Antanov cluster bomb, bore witness to this morning’s bombardment. She called upon the Juba government to respond to Khartoum’s targeting of civilians.
James Jal from the civil society organisation, Disable Association in South Sudan accused Khartoum of violating human rights and called upon the international community to intervene.
In Khartoum the Sudanese defence minister denied the bombing. Also, Sudanese ambassador to the United Nations Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman, said the allegation of bombing was a “fiction” used to confuse the international community.
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