Hundreds of Rebels Killed in Sudan

Hundreds of rebels in Kordofan, South Sudan, was killed in clashes between rebels against the military. Such information from Ahmed Haroun collected by BBC, Monday, October 31, 2011.

He said a number of rebel SPLM-North backward when Army troops launched an offensive to Teludi City.

The rebels could not confirm the news. But before they accuse Sudanese army of ethnic cleansing in the oil-rich region.

Southern Sudan has declared itself as independent and sovereign country in July.

"Hundreds of soldiers Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM-North) have been killed since the attack to the City Teludi this morning," said Haroun.

Haroun will probably be dragged to the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes in Darfur where he was governor there.

Sudanese army spokesman, Sawarmi Khaled Saad, said more than 700 rebels attacked the town Teludi, east of state capital Kadugli. "When entering the town they were greeted attack by government armed forces with combat equipment on the vehicle causing a lot of people were killed," he said.

South Kordofan is one of the three regions, in addition Abyel and Blue Nile, which became the center of the battle since the independence of South Sudan.

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