Between Wangkei and Bentiu

July 4, 2001

The SPLM/A said that it attacked another government convoy en route to Wangkei garrison from Bentiu. It said that after three days of fighting, forty-eight soldiers were killed.

Perpetrator: The SPLM/A
Reference: HRW 2003, p 286; SPLM/A press release, “SPLA Destroys Another Huge Enemy Convoy in Western Upper Nile (WUN),” Nairobi, July 6, 2001; Yusuf Khazin, “Southern Sudan rebel commander comments on oilfield attacks,” July 31, 2001