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Re: مجزرة بانتيو (Re: عثمان الشريف اسحاق)
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April 16, 2014 (KAMPALA) – South Sudanese rebels claimed they have killed 510 soldiers including a top general while fighting the South Sudan army (SPLA) over the control of the strategic state capital of Unity state, Bentiu, for the last three days.
Lt. Col. Peter Riek Gew, a militarily spokesperson for Unity state, told Sudan Tribune over a phone interview on Tuesday that between Sunday, Monday and Tuesday their forces inflicted heavy casualties on the government’s troops as they were taking full control of Bentiu and other oil fields located north of the state capital.
“We have destroyed 7 war tanks from the enemies. We killed brigadier general Boutros Lominy,” Gew said, while referring to the earlier casualties inflicted on the government in the outskirts of the town on Monday.
The rebel spokesperson also claimed that on Tuesday they also destroyed three other tanks and captured four others in good condition while battling with the SPLA over the control of state capital Bentiu in the morning hours on Tuesday.
Gew also confirmed they captured a number of government officials SPLA including Maj. Gen. Carlos Kuol, a former rebel from the SSLA that joined the government under the command of Lt. Gen. Puljang and have been fighting alongside the government troops since the conflict erupted in mid-December 2013.
http://www.sudaneseonline.com/spip.php?article50673
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! South Sudanese rebels claimed they have killed 510 soldiers
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