Bentiu massacre

2014 CE.

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The 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 was described by The Economist as the "worst massacre" of the civil war.

Text from the Wikipedia article Bentiu massacre, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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