South Sudan rebels say army razed town, using foreign fighters


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  • Monday, 03 Feb 2014

Rebel fighters greet one another in a rebel camp in Jonglei State February 1, 2014. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudanese rebels accused government forces on Sunday of razing the hometown of their leader Riek Machar, violating a ceasefire, and said the army was drawing support from foreign fighters now in the country.

Rebel spokesman Lul Ruai Koang said government SPLA forces and fighters from the Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement - a rebel group from north of the border - had destroyed the northern town of Leer on Saturday, massacring women and children as they fled.

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