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2014 Bentiu massacre
Part of South Sudanese Civil War
LocationBentiu, South Sudan
Coordinates9°14′06″N 29°48′21″E / 9.2350°N 29.8058°E / 9.2350; 29.8058
Date15 April 2014; 10 years ago (2014-04-15)
Deaths400+[1]
VictimsSudanese people (Darfuri traders, suspected JEM fighters), Dinka people (local civilians, SPLA soldiers)[2]
PerpetratorsSPLM/A-IO (denied)[3]

The 2014 Bentiu massacre occurred on 15 April 2014 in the town of Bentiu, in the north of South Sudan, during the South Sudanese Civil War. The attack has been described by The Economist as the "worst massacre" of the civil war.[4]

  1. ^ SOUTH SUDAN SAYS MASSACRE TOLL UP TO 400, america.aljazeera.com.
  2. ^ Small Arms Survey (2014).
  3. ^ S Sudan rebel leader rejects massacre claims, aljazeera.com.
  4. ^ A new depth of horror, economist.com.

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