Peacekeepers foil attempt to abduct IDPs in Bentiu camp
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A woman passes by a peacekeeper inside the Bentiu Protection of
Civilians site on 15 February 2016 (UNMISS Photo)
February 24, 2017 (JUBA) - Uniformed soldiers attempted to seize a
number of internally displaced people near a United Nations Protection
of Civilians site in Bentiu Thursday evening, UN said Friday.
Citing a report from the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), the UN
spokesperson Stephane Dujarric disclosed the attack on civilians who
are under the protection of the peacekeepers.
The "Soldiers were seen beating and harassing 11 internally displaced
people at a nearby farm. UN peacekeepers intervened and rescued seven
women and four men," he further said.
In other related incidents that same evening, peacekeepers also
prevented the harassment of other people who were returning to the
site.
"The head of the UN Protection of Civilians Mission, David Shearer,
has praised the robust response of members of the Mongolian Battalion
who rescued these people".
Bentiu is the UN’s largest Protection of Civilians site in South Sudan
with some 120,000 people living there."
In its trimestrial report about the UNMISS activities, the UN
secretary general used to mention the harassment of children and women
including sexual violence when entering and leaving the sites of
protection.
(ST)
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