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The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) Tuesday said 39 Sudanese refugees have been kidnapped

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 On  22.11.2016. Yei.The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) Tuesday said 39 Sudanese refugees have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen from Lasu camp in Central Equaroria area, South Sudan. "An alleged armed group abducted some 39 Sudanese refugees from Lasu camp on 19 October 2016 and took them 18 kilometers east of Lasu to their base, 3 km off the main road near Mitika SPLA base," reported the HCR based on the accounts by survivors currently at Yei Hospital. Two Sudanese refugees from the Nuba Mountains were killed, and five others were seriously injured in Lasu, earlier this month on 5 November.

 

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Wednesday, November 23, 2016 - 23:30
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