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UN: S. Sudan Government Forces, Allies Kill, Rape Hundreds of Civilians

by Reuters

   GENEVA --

   At least 232 civilians were killed and 120 women and girls raped in
   attacks by South Sudan government troops and aligned forces in
   opposition-held villages, the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday.

   A United Nations investigation identified three commanders suspected of
   bearing the "greatest responsibility" in the violence in Unity State
   between April 16 and May 24 that may amount to war crimes, it said in a
   statement.

   "The perpetrators... must not be allowed to get away with it," said
   U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein.