Five bodies found, others missing following a bus attack on Juba – Nimule road

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November 19, 2015 (SSB) –– Five bodies of passengers have been recovered from the scene of attack on Juba – Nimule highway this morning but several passengers are still unaccounted for.

Sources from Juba—Nimule highway said unknown gunmen set up a road block to stop passengers’ busses. The buses were traveling to Kampala.

Other sources said the bodies were from commercial trucks carrying goods to Juba. Four people are injured and other passengers ran to bushes. Other sources claimed the passenger bus is driven away by the attackers.

Sources told SSB that the incident occurred between Aru and Ame junctions, just before reaching Moli town after 7am on Thursday.

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