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II. Killings in the Capital: the Juba Crisis<br />
Timeline: The Start of the Juba Crisis<br />
December 14, 2013<br />
December 15, 2013<br />
December 16, 2013<br />
Tensions are high in Juba, focused on the strained relationship<br />
between President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar as the SPLM National<br />
Liberation Council meets.<br />
Riek and other key politicians boycott the second day of the NLC<br />
meeting. At around 10:30 pm that night fighting between Nuer<br />
members of the Presidential Guard, loyal to Riek and government,<br />
mostly Dinka, Presidential Guard soldiers starts in the SPLA ‘Giyada’<br />
HQ and spreads to some surrounding areas. At around midnight Nuer<br />
and government soldiers fight over the New Site arms store in the<br />
north of the capital. Riek escapes Juba.<br />
At dawn fighting in both places, the Giyada HQ and in New Site,<br />
continues and spreads to engulf many residential neighborhoods.<br />
Attacks on Nuer houses especially in the north west of the capital<br />
begin early that morning. By around midday the renegade Nuer<br />
soldiers have been pushed out of Juba. Nuer civilians are shot at as<br />
they run to UN bases. Over the day Nuer men are rounded up in<br />
Gudele and nearby neighborhoods and taken to the Gudele “joint<br />
unit” police station.<br />
That afternoon President Kiir says his forces are in control of Juba and<br />
blamed the violence on an attempted a coup by Riek. Meanwhile<br />
attacks on Nuer civilians are taking place in many different locations<br />
in Juba. Between 200 and 400 men are massacred at the Gudele<br />
police station at around 8p.m.<br />
December 17, 2013<br />
Attacks continue on Nuer civilians, and as thousands flock to two UN<br />
bases. A gun battle over Riek’s house takes place. In the late<br />
afternoon survivors of the Gudele massacre are rescued and<br />
authorities begin moving the bodies from the site. Fighting between<br />
Dinka and Nuer security forces is also reported in other parts of town.<br />
The government announces arrests of politicians accused of<br />
masterminding the coup.<br />
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