Nine bodies ditched near Seminary in Juba, South Sudan

17/12/2013 18:57

The bodies of nine men were discovered this morning in a ditch near the Catholic Seminary in Gudele neighbourhood of Juba, the capital of South Sudan.“They brought nine dead bodies to our area, at the fence of the Seminary near to our house,” said a reporter and local resident who declined to be named.She said that she believed the men were killed during the night, possibly in the Hai Sheilak neighbourhood from which heavy gunfire was heard.“They dumped nine bodies there. We went to witness this ourselves. After that a large group of soldiers came to the area and took the bodies,” said the witness.News photo: Civilians at UNMISS base

The bodies of nine men were discovered this morning in a ditch near the Catholic Seminary in Gudele neighbourhood of Juba, the capital of South Sudan.

“They brought nine dead bodies to our area, at the fence of the Seminary near to our house,” said a reporter and local resident who declined to be named.

She said that she believed the men were killed during the night, possibly in the Hai Sheilak neighbourhood from which heavy gunfire was heard.

“They dumped nine bodies there. We went to witness this ourselves. After that a large group of soldiers came to the area and took the bodies,” said the witness.

News photo: Civilians at UNMISS base