南苏丹境内的武装战斗人员杀害了16名平民,包括妇女和儿童,他们虚假地声称登记接受粮食援助。
Armed fighters in South Sudan killed 16 civilians, including women and children, falsely claiming to register them for food aid.
幸存者说,在南苏丹琼莱州,十多名平民,包括妇女和儿童,被自称登记接受粮食援助的武装分子从家中引诱离开家园后被杀害。
More than a dozen civilians, including women and children, were killed in South Sudan’s Jonglei State after being lured from their homes by armed fighters claiming to register them for food aid, survivors said.
被确定为阿格韦莱克民兵(a Shilluk领导的部队,没有完全并入国家军队)成员的攻击者在牛棚中抓获受害者,将他们捆绑起来并开火。
The attackers, identified as members of the Agwelek militia—a Shilluk-led force not fully integrated into the national army—gathered victims in a cattle shelter, bound them, and opened fire.
幸存者报告有22人死亡,而县专员确认有16人死亡。
Survivors reported 22 deaths, while the county commissioner confirmed 16.
专员否认援助的借口,称其为谎言,并说这些战斗人员违抗命令,声称对过去的袭击进行报复。
The commissioner denied the aid pretext, calling it a lie, and said the fighters had defied orders, claiming revenge for past attacks.
数名军官被逮捕,150名战斗人员被解除武装。
Several officers were arrested, and 150 fighters disarmed.
暴力发生在一个充满冲突的地区,自12月以来有280 000多人流离失所,一半以上的人口面临严重的粮食无保障问题。
The violence occurred in a conflict-ridden region where over 280,000 people have been displaced since December and more than half the population faces severe food insecurity.