UN Says South Sudan Cattle Raid Reportedly Kills 600 People
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At least 600 people were reportedly killed and as many as 985 injured in South Sudan during a cattle raid, said the head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the newly independent nation, Hilde F. Johnson.
The violence took place on Aug. 18 when members of the Murle ethnic group attacked three villages of the Lou Nuer community in Uror county in Jonglei state, Johnson said today by phone from South Sudan’s capital, Juba.