Note to Correspondents on the situation in Wau

The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has been informed that a number of government SPLA soldiers were killed in an ambush on Sunday to the south of the town of Wau in the north-west of the country.Fighting then spread to Wau. The Mission mounted two patrols into Wau on Monday and said it had observed the bodies of 16 civilians in a hospital. There were ten people who had been injured. Additional patrols are planned for Tuesday. Eighty-four people have arrived at the UNMISS POC site, while an influx of at least 3,000 people at a Catholic church in the town, mostly women and children, has been reported.The fighting follows the movement of SPLA troops, tanks and equipment towards the south-western part of Wau late last week.Distributed by APO on behalf of United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).Media filesDownload logo
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