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Thursday, 6 April 2017

More than 3,000 South Sudanese flee to Uganda after raid on border town: Refugees

Uganda: More than 3,000 South Sudanese fled into neighboring Uganda on Tuesday after government officers assaulted the bordertown of Pajok, killing men, ladies and kids unpredictably, evacuees said.

South Sudan government authorities were not promptly reachable for input.

"In the event that you ran, you got shot. On the off chance that you got captured you got butchered," said 35-year-old Lokang Jacky, drawing his forefinger over his throat for accentuation.

Evacuees and Ugandan knowledge authorities said battling began at 8:00 a.m. on Monday with a three-pronged attack on the town, which is typically home to 50,000 individuals.

"The town is totally vacant," a minister who gave his name as Mondaa said. "On the off chance that they get anyone, they will execute them."

In late March, rebels faithful to previous VP Riek Machar said they liberated detainees from a prison in another bordertown of Kajo-Keji around 100 km (60 miles) south of the capital Juba. Read more:-International Database

Be that as it may, the legislature questioned this, saying the dissidents had assaulted a jail, liberated various individuals it depicted as detainees of-war, then left.