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Hundreds of school children abducted by armed group in Mundri east

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 On 26.Oct. 2016. Mundri East. At least five hundred school children both boys and girls mainly from primary seven and eight were rounded up by an armed group last week during an attack in Mundri East County in Kediba town and taken to the bush with their whereabouts unknown. Speaking to media from Mundri West County where there is mobile network, the commissioner of Mundri East County, John Henry, said an armed group believed to be members of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) attacked Kediba town from different corners and allegedly rounded up school children. They also targeted his house during the attack of which the town was under their control for some days before they withdrew to the bush

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Thursday, October 27, 2016 - 04:15
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