Juba — A number of children have been killed in this week's fighting in South Sudan - some in an attack on displaced civilians while others have been caught in the crossfire or died as a result of being recruited by armed groups and forces, UNICEF said today.
The exact number of children that were killed is unknown but there was a dozen of civilian killed and attacked by gunmen on Thursday who attacked Internally Displaced Persons sheltering at the UN Protection of Civilians. A lot of kids and families were here so if a kid was to be recruited by the army then he or she was a target as well as their family.
Jonathan Veitch stated that "children were attacked in a place where they should have felt safe" UNICEF Representative in South Sudan.
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