What the records say
- When
- 15 Apr 2014
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 200
- Coordinates
- 9.23° N, 29.81° E
- Description
- 2014 massacre in South Sudan
Bentiu massacre
2014 mass killing of civilians during the South Sudanese Civil War
The Bentiu massacre occurred on 15 April 2014 in the town of Bentiu, in the north of South Sudan, during the South Sudanese Civil War. The attack was described by The Economist as the "worst massacre" of the civil war.
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