The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) strongly condemns the deadly attacks that were perpetrated against civilians on Sunday, 20 October, in Twic East County, Jonglei State. The attacks resulted in high numbers of killed and wounded. One attack was on Paliau cattle camp in Ajong Payam, and the other was in Maar cattle camp, Pakeer Payam, with subsequent attacks in a couple of other locations.
As soon as the fighting had stopped yesterday, the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) flew health partners to the attacked areas to evacuate casualties. By the end of the day, UNHAS had evacuated a total of 31 seriously injured civilians to Bor and Juba. They also reported more wounded civilians remaining in the area and this morning UNHAS dispatched a helicopter to continue the medical evacuations.