Rebel attack leads to four deaths in Sudan
Four people were killed in an attack by a rebel group on forces in southern Sudan, a military spokesman said today.
News of the attack came one day before the south is scheduled to begin an independence referendum which is likely to lead to the world’s newest country.
Colonel Philip Aguer said forces loyal to rebel leader Gatluak Gai attacked troops from the Sudan People’s Liberation Army overnight in Unity State, an oil-rich region on the north-south Sudan divide.
Col Aguer said the counter-attack by SPLA forces killed four and wounded six of Gai’s men.
Southern Sudan suffered through decades of internal strife and civil war with the north.
Most officials predict the week-long independence referendum will be mostly peaceful.
