Sudanese jets bomb South Sudan
- 12 years ago
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Sudanese fighter jets bomb a market and a bridge in the twin South Sudanese towns of Bentiu and Rubkona, killing at least one boy and injuring some ten others, three days after South Sudan pulled out of a disputed oil field.
As people ran for cover, two bombs landed near a key bridge linking the two towns. The latest aerial bombardments by the Sudanese Armed Forces comes as relations between Sudan and South Sudan plummet to an all-time low and threaten to drag them into all-out war.
At the market in Rubkona, shops were set ablaze by another bomb, and at least one boy was killed.
A South Sudanese soldier said three people had died in the bombings.
South Sudan gained independence in July last year from Sudan but relations have steadily deteriorated, with the South shutting down its 350,000 barrel oil production in January and since then the two countries' armies have skirmished along their ill-defined border and brought the two foes to the brink of all-out war.
Sudanese fighter jets bomb a market and a bridge in the twin South Sudanese towns of Bentiu and Rubkona, killing at least one boy and injuring some ten others, three days after South Sudan pulled out of a disputed oil field.
As people ran for cover, two bombs landed near a key bridge linking the two towns. The latest aerial bombardments by the Sudanese Armed Forces comes as relations between Sudan and South Sudan plummet to an all-time low and threaten to drag them into all-out war.
At the market in Rubkona, shops were set ablaze by another bomb, and at least one boy was killed.
A South Sudanese soldier said three people had died in the bombings.
South Sudan gained independence in July last year from Sudan but relations have steadily deteriorated, with the South shutting down its 350,000 barrel oil production in January and since then the two countries' armies have skirmished along their ill-defined border and brought the two foes to the brink of all-out war.