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Thursday 02 Jul 2015 - 17:14 Makkah mean time-15-9-1436
S. Sudan (United Nations photo)
Juba (IINA) – The United Nations mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said anti-government rebels had opened fire on a peacekeeping base sheltering thousands of civilians, killing at least one person and wounding six others.
According to VOA News, UNMISS released a statement late Wednesday saying the base in the northeastern town of Malakal, which sheltered civilians displaced by the country's violent conflict, was attacked by gunmen on Wednesday. It said U.N. peacekeepers returned fire.
UNMISS said the wounded had been hospitalized and at least one person was in critical condition. It said the attack on civilians and peacekeepers may constitute a war crime, and that it condemns the assault "in the strongest possible terms."
On Wednesday, the UN Security Council imposed sanctions on six military commanders from South Sudan for perpetuating the conflict there.
Three government military generals and three rebel commanders are now subject to a global travel ban and an asset freeze.
Fighting in South Sudan erupted in December 2013 between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and those loyal to former Vice President Reik Machar.
The war has driven more than 2 million people from their homes and created a humanitarian crisis.
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