South Sudan rebels blame Riek Machar’s forces for latest killings of aid workers
Juba — Rebels said on Monday the South Sudan government should be held responsible for the killing of six aid workers, the deadliest single assault on humanitarian staff in a three-year-old civil war. The government said it was too early to say who was behind Saturday’s ambush. A UN official said on Monday it could amount to a war crime. The six were ambushed as they were travelling from the capital Juba towards the town of Pibor, the UN said, through remote territory largely under government control but fought over by both sides and plagued by militias and other armed groups. The UN did not say which organisation the aid workers belonged to but called on all those in positions of power in South Sudan to stop the violence. "It will be counterproductive at this stage for anybody to rush for judgment without first allowing the truth to be established," Akol Paul Kordit, the deputy minister of information, said in Juba. Rebel fighters loyal to former vice-president Riek Machar said the...
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