UN Says South Sudan Rebels Killed 306 People in April Attack

South Sudanese rebels allied to former Vice President Riek Machar killed at least 306 civilians when they retook the capital of oil-rich Unity state on April 15, the United Nations mission in the country said.

Insurgents murdered more than 287 people in a mosque in Bentiu, many of them traders from the Darfur region of Sudan and their families, while another 19 civilians were killed at the city’s hospital, the UN said today in an e-mailed statement. Two days later, a mob killed at least 47 civilians sheltering at a UN camp outside Bor, the capital of Jonglei state, it said. Those killed near Bor were mostly from the Nuer ethnic group, which makes up the bulk of rebel forces. A total of 250 people were wounded in the two assaults, according to the UN.