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13 Soldiers on trial over rape,murder of journalist in South Sudan.

The incidents allegedly happened in July last year, during an attack on the Terrain Hotel in the capital city, Juba.

 

The thirteen soldiers were allegedly part of a group of between eighty and one hundred military personnel who raided the hotel.

 

Following the attack; the aid workers accused the United Nations peacekeepers of refusing to respond to their pleas for help despite being stationed just a mile from the hotel.

 

This was subsequent confirmed in a report by the UN, in which the peacekeepers were indicted of failing in their duty to protect civilians.

 

 

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