Urgent: At least 40 killed in tribal clashes in South Sudan

JUBA, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- At least 40 people have been killed and 19 others wounded and dozens of children and women abducted during an attack in a rural village in South Sudan's eastern state of Jonglei.

Jacob Akech Dengdit, Jonglei State Information Minister, told Xinhua by phone on Tuesday that armed men suspected to be from neighboring Boma state attacked two villages in Duk county on Monday and Tuesday morning, killing over 40 people, burnt down huts and abducted children and women. Enditem