Mortar Bomb

Mortar Bomb event in South Sudan on Thu 16th March 2023

16th March 2023

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Jur River: Eight children killed playing with unexploded mortar shell Eight children were killed in Jur River County in Western Bahr al Ghazal State when a mortar round they were playing with exploded today morning, police and an eyewitness said. Speaking to Radio Tamazuj this afternoon, State Police Commissioner Major General Samuel Ajuong Chwar said all the...

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