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1st LD Writethru: At least 12 killed in South Sudanese border town attack

Xinhua, November 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

At least 12 people were killed and two others were injured in an attack by rebel forces in Kaya, a busy South Sudanese commercial center on the border with Uganda, an official said on Thursday.

Stephen Lado Onisimo, Information Minister of Yei River State, told Xinhua by phone that rebel fighters attacked a police post Wednesday, leading to the killing of 12 people on both sides.

Onisimo said two police officers died and 10 rebels were also killed.

"Opposition forces attacked Kaya at 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday and killed two police officers and injured two others," Onisimo said.

"Ten died on the rebel side. There are no civilian casualties because civilians have all crossed to the Ugandan side of the border," Onisimo said.

Kaya town, approximately 221 km from the capital Juba, was a busy commercial hub that attracted traders from Uganda, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo before the renewed fighting devastated the town in August.

Unknown gunmen last month ambushed a convoy of vehicles carrying civilians fleeing insecurity in the same region, killing over 20 people, including women and children. Endit