UN condemns shooting at IDPs in Juba
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June 22, 2015 (NEW YORK) – United Nations (UN) has condemned a
Saturday shooting at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) sheltered
in the United Nations protection site in the South Sudanese capital,
Juba, and vowed to investigate and find those responsible for the
crime.
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People gather at a makeshift camp for displaced people at a UN
compound in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, on 22 December 2013 amid
fears for further violence (Photo: AFP/Tony Karumba)
The United Nations headquarters in New York has issued a statement
about the incident in which at least four IDPs women and one man were
targeted and shot in a market near UN site in the capital on Saturday.
"From our colleagues at the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) – they
report that five internally displaced persons (IDPs) – four women and
one man — were shot during an incident early Saturday evening at a
market area adjacent to the protection-of-civilians site in Juba,”
said UN’s spokesman, Dujarric, in a released statement.
He said four of the wounded people were taken to a clinic inside the
UN site for medical treatment and their conditions were serious. Other
two displaced people were injured as they fled the scene of the
shooting.
“And UNMISS is investigating the incident,” he said.
However, IDPs sources contacted by Sudan Tribune alleged that security
forces were responsible for the Saturday’s shooting, saying they saw
soldiers in uniform shooting at the IDPs women who went to the nearby
market.
“They were soldiers of Salva Kiir who shot at the women in the market.
They hate us to death. They believe everybody protected by the UN here
is a supporter of Dr. Riek Machar,” said Thomas Gatwech, referring to
the armed opposition leader.
There are over 100,000 IDPs sheltered in many UN civilian protection
sites scattered across the country since the war began in December
2013 and the number has been increasing. Majority of them are from
Machar’s Nuer ethnic group, who the arch political rival threatening
president Kiir’s leadership.
Meanwhile, Dujarric also accused the armed opposition faction led by
Machar of denying permission to UN aircrafts to land in a government
controlled town of Nasir which the rebels have allegedly besieged.
“UN aircrafts have been denied permission to land at the Mission’s
county support base in the Upper Nile State town of Nassir by armed
opposition forces – this is for the 6th consecutive day,” the UN
statement further says.
“The amount of supplies for the UNMISS personnel stationed at the
Nassir base is reaching critically low levels as a result of the
inability to operate flights into Nassir," he said.
The world body is concerned that as the rainy season begins, movement
may be more difficult in a country which only has less than 200km
tarmacked road out of over 7,000km roads network the government
identified and earmarked to be tarmacked.
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23 June 08:11, by maumau
The government army shooting civilians in United Nations
protecting camp, this is very shameful. This is why we need two army
in the interim period to protect civilians. No one should now trust
Salva Kiir army especially those from Dinka, they are the ones who are
responsible for the shootings in UN camps and violence in the country.
We need two army, whether they want it or not.
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23 June 08:12, by maumau
The government army shooting civilians in United Nations
protecting camp, this is very shameful. This is why we need two army
in the interim period to protect civilians. No one should now trust
Salva Kiir army especially those from Dinka, they are the ones who are
responsible for the shootings in UN camps and violence in the country.
We need two army, whether they want it or not.
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