UN says gunmen abduct dozens of boys in South Sudan
Date
2/22/2015 3:06:48 AM
(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) Gunmen in South Sudan have abducted at least 89 boys, the UN children's agency UNICEF said on Saturday.
The agency said it was suspected that the boys - all above the age of 13 - were to be used as child soldiers in fighting between government
troops and rebels.
The boys are reported to have been taken from a camp for displaced people in the city of Malakal.
A UNHCR official in South Sudan, Jonathan Veitch, called for the boys to be set free immediately.
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