Over 3,000 killed in South Sudan massacre: local official

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Over 3,000 killed in South Sudan massacre: local official

January 06, 2012 09:43 AM

JUBA, South Sudan: More than 3,000 people were killed in South Sudan in brutal massacres last week, the top local official in the affected area said Friday.

"There have been mass killings, a massacre," said Joshua Konyi, commissioner for Pibor county in Jonglei state. "We have been out counting the bodies, and we calculate so far that 2,182 women and children were killed and 959 men died."

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George	January 29, 2012 10:49 PM

2,182 women and children were killed and 959 men died." What in the world is the North Sudan Government gaining by killing 3,000 innocent civilians?! Killing in a war is one thing, but the massacre of innocent women and children is a war crime; the North Sudan government should be brought in front of an international court, prosecuted, and punished severely.

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