Ethiopian Army Frees Six Children Kidnapped by South Sudan Gunmen - News Summed Up

Ethiopian Army Frees Six Children Kidnapped by South Sudan Gunmen


By Aaron MaashoADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's military has rescued six children kidnapped by South Sudanese raiders in a cross-border attack, an official said on Friday, but dozens of others remain missing and soldiers are pursuing the gunmen to recover them. Officials said 28 people were killed and 43 children were kidnapped in attacks on Sunday and Monday in Ethiopia's Gambella region, which shares a porous frontier with South Sudan. "Soldiers engaged the bandits and brought back the children on Thursday," said Umod Othow, a spokesperson for the regional government. More than one million of them have found refuge in neighboring Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya and Sudan. Regional governments have expressed fears that violence in South Sudan could spill over its borders into their own nations.


Source: Ethiopian News March 17, 2017 13:07 UTC



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