Juba: Around 75 people were killed in an attack by South Sudan Liberation Army in an oil-producing state on Saturday.
Rebels loyal to Matthew Pul Jang and other militia leaders attacked Mayom in the west of the oil-producing Unity State, Unity Information Minister Gideon Gatpan Thoar told.
Army spokesman Philip Aguer said: “It was indiscriminate, they didn’t differentiate between civilians and the army. The killing included a doctor.”
The rebels could not immediately reached for comment.
On Friday, rebels from the South Sudan Liberation Army (SSLA) warned United Nations staff and aid workers to leave the state. This warning has now been extended to the nearby Warrup state.
The rebels say they are fighting against corruption, underdevelopment and the domination of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement, the former rebels who now run South Sudan.
Violence threatens to turn South Sudan into a failed state, undermining the stability of its east African neighbours. Several rebel militias are fighting government forces in remote parts of the country, which is roughly the size of France.
South Sudan became independent in July  after a 2005 peace deal with Khartoum that ended decades of civil war, but the new nation has been struggling to end tribal and rebel violence that has killed around 3,000 people this year.
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