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S.Sudan weekend road ambush leaves 21 dead: police


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A road ambush blamed on South Sudanese rebels left 21 people dead over the weekend, police said Monday, as the UN warned of a surge of violence in the world's youngest nation. Police spokesman Dominant Kawcgwok said a group of mostly women and children -- fleeing violence further north -- were travelling in a lorry between the capital Juba and the southern city of Yei when it "fell into ambush". The government has blamed the attack on rebel forces supporting former vice president Riek Machar, who fled to Khartoum after fighting broke out in Juba in July.

 

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