South Sudan: Jonglei village in deadly 'cattle attack'

Published December 7, 2011 by BBC
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At least 41 people have died in an attack by armed men on a village in South Sudan's Jonglei state, notorious for ethnic fighting and cattle raids.

Jonglei State Governor Kuol Manyang told the BBC that many of the dead were women and children who were burnt alive when they tried to hide in their huts.

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