International relief agencies condemn violence in South Sudan
 

Juba, April 22 (IANS) International relief organisations in South Sudan have condemned the violence against civilians and have vowed to step up aid supplies across the country. A joint statement Tuesday said the country representatives of key **n-governmental organisations, UN agencies and do**rs condemned attacks against civilians in Bentiu, Bor, and other parts of the country, Xinhua reported. "Humanitarian partners are particularly outraged by deliberate and targeted killings of civilians in hospitals, churches, UN peacekeeping bases and other places where people's rights should be sacrosanct," the organisations said in the statement. Armed civilians forced their way into the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) protection site in Bor last week, where some 5,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) were being sheltered, and opened fire.

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