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South Sudanese troops butchered civilians, shot children

A South Sudanese refugee woman talks to a Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier after crossing into Uganda at the Ngomoromo border post in Lamwo district, northern Uganda, April 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters

Hundreds of South Sudanese refugees fled into Uganda for a second day on Wednesday, bearing further grim testimony of an attack by government forces on the border town of Pajok in which at least 17 people were killed, according to a Reuters tally.

Some were shot as they tried to flee. Others had their throats slit before their bodies were strung up from door frames. Two children were run down by a car.

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