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immediately opened fire, injuring him. 60 “Soldiers were chasing people from the market and
when they ran into houses they followed them,” said another man, also shot in the right leg
by soldiers in his house, also in Mangaten, on December 16. 61 A 35-year-old man with a
bullet injury said his house in Manga was attacked by a large number of Dinka soldiers. 62
“They did not say anything. There were many, but it was only one who shot me,” he said.
In other cases Nuer men were killed when they ran from soldiers or resisted arrest during
round-ups. A 41-year old man was shot at by soldiers on the evening of December 16, 2013,
in the Mia Saba neighborhood enduring a serious head injury. 63 He said that four other
men, all students at Juba University, who had been with him in his house in Mia Saba were
shot and killed when they refused to get into a car as directed by the soldiers. A bricklayer
said that he and his son had been shot at by soldiers as they fled their home in New Site
on the morning of December 16. 64 Before leaving he said he witnessed soldiers pulling out
a group of about five or six men from a neighboring house, and shooting them on the street
in front of their gate.
Another witness said he was in a group of Nuer who had been rounded up by soldiers on
December 16, in Mangaten. 65 Two of the men tried to escape and were shot and killed by the
soldiers. In another case, three men, Ruai Both, Tai Magok and Madith Ruai were killed by
soldiers in their house in Mangaten, according to a relative who witnessed the killing. The
relative was also arrested and detained following the round up and shooting. 66 A man who
was shot and injured during fighting in the Eden neighborhood during the night of December
15 said he saw his neighbor who was also injured shot in the back by soldiers as he ran. 67
Nuer fled from these neighborhoods in large numbers on December 16 and 17 to the UN
Tomping base. Although women told Human Rights Watch soldiers allowed them to go to
60 Human Rights Watch interview, name withheld, Juba, December 29, 2013. Human Rights Watch also spoke to other
witnesses who had experienced similar attacks. For example a 16-year-old boy was shot in the leg when soldiers attacked his
home, shooting at the car he was sleeping in as soon as he opened the door, in the very early hours of the morning of
December 16.
61 Human Rights Watch interview, name withheld, Juba, December 29, 2013.
62 Human Rights Watch interview, name withheld, Juba, December 23, 2013.
63 Human Rights Watch interview, name withheld, Juba, December, 2013.
64 Human Rights Watch interview, name withheld, Juba, January 11, 2014.
65 Human Rights Watch interview, name withheld, Juba, December 30, 2013.
66 Human Rights Watch interview, name withheld, Juba, January 6, 2014.
67 Human Rights Watch interview, name withheld, Juba, January 9, 2014.
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