Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has treated over 100 patients in the town of Pieri and referred another 57 to hospitals in Leer and Nasir following last week’s raid on the town of Pieri and twelve surrounding villages in Jonglei State, South Sudan. The majority of the referred cases were women and children with gunshot wounds.
Several hundreds of people – including women and children - are believed to have been killed in last Thursday’s dawn attack. Hundreds more are reportedly wounded. Numbers of deaths and wounded are difficult to confirm. However, villagers report to MSF staff members that over 400 people have been killed in Pieri alone, and almost half of the houses in the town have been destroyed.
At least one of MSF’s South Sudanese staff members is confirmed to have been killed together with all of her household members. Another staff member reported that he has had to bury 16 members of his family as a result of the violence. A further 17 of MSF's South Sudanese staff still remain unaccounted for. The organisation’s compound and clinic have also been targeted by the raiders, who looted medical equipment, drugs and other valuable items and burned down parts of the MSF facilities.
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