Militia kill 80 in Sudan attack

GUNMEN attacked a village in southern Sudan killing 80 and wounded 46, a southern government official said yesterday, adding he believed the militia was organised by the central government.

Maj Gen Kuol Diem Kuol, spokesman of the southern Sudanese military forces, said Lou Nuer tribesman attacked the village of Duk-Padiet in Jonglei state on Sunday killing around 80 people, including 61 civilians.

He said 22 of the attackers were also killed in the fighting. The UN says 2,000 have been killed the in past few months.