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STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / WAU DISPLACED
TRT: 1:35
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 26-27 JUNE 2016, WAU, SOUTH SUDAN
26 JUNE 2016, WAU, SOUTH SUDAN
1. Pan left, displaced people gathered by UNMISS base
2. Various shots, displaced people
27 JUNE 2016, WAU, SOUTH SUDAN
3. Med shot, peacekeeper checking displaced woman
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Juliet Luka, Journalist, Wau TV:
“We were ambushed. They ordered us to be on the floor and beat us with back of their guns. I saw death with my eyes. They took the only money I had which is 1800 South Sudanese Pounds; that was my salary. They took all our documents and blindfolded us with pieces of cloth. I thought we were dead for sure. We started praying. The soldier said that “pray to your God, tonight you will be with him.”5. Pan left, displaced people
6. Med shot, peacekeepers
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Adrian, businessperson:
“People who are coming from there are saying that all and every belonging at home was all looted by the soldiers. So there is nothing remaining at home now.”
8. Med shot, peacekeeper
9. Pan right, displaced people gathered by UNMISS base
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said some 12,000 civilians have fled the town of Wau as violence broke out on Saturday (25 Jun). UNMISS opened the gates at its compound in the area as scores of internally displaced people (IDPs) arrived.
Juliet Luka from Wau TV said she was attacked on her way to UNMISS compound by South Sudanese Soldiers.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Juliet Luka, Journalist, Wau TV:
“We were ambushed. They ordered us to be on the floor and beat us with back of their guns. I saw death with my eyes. They took the only money I had which is 1800 South Sudanese Pounds; that was my salary. They took all our documents and blindfolded us with pieces of cloth. I thought we were dead for sure. We started praying. The soldier said that “pray to your God, tonight you will be with him.”
UNMISS military forces have created a security cordon around an area adjacent to its base to accommodate the influx of IDPs and esure their safety.
Displaced businessperson Adrian said that all of his belongings were looted by soldiers.
SOUNDBITE: (English) Adrian, businessperson:
“People who are coming from there are saying that all and every belonging at home was all looted by the soldiers. So there is nothing remaining at home now.”
UNMISS said it was currently negotiating with the South Sudanese forces for access to the town in order to conduct additional patrols to protect the civilian population in the town.
UNMISS said that opening its gates was an exceptional measure of last resort which was to be taken only when all other means of protection had been exhausted. It said UN bases were not designed to serve as shelters for displaced populations.
