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Summary Attacks by a renegade militia in south Sudan's oil state of Jonglei have killed at least 211 people. The violence has rekindled concern for the security of the underdeveloped region, where voters last month overwhelmingly chose to declare independence from the north in a referendum.
South Sudans army said forces loyal to George Athor, a former army officer who launched a revolt after losing in last years elections, carried out attacks in Jonglei last week.French oil group Total leads a consortium controlling a largely unexplored oil concession in Jonglei. Army and government officials told Reuters on Tuesday the scale of the carnage emerged after searches found bodies of women, children and other civilians still lying in remote areas.Pagan Amum, a senior member of the souths ruling party, repeated accusations that the north was trying to destabilise the south by arming militias -- but stopped short of directly implicating northern government figures.
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