UNICEF: 129 Children Killed in South Sudan Fighting in May

At least 129 children were killed, with boys castrated and girls raped, during a government offensive against rebels last month in South Sudan

Displaced children gather on top of a truck from which the displaced were filling up containers of water, at a United Nations compound which has become home to thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting, in the capital Juba, South Sudan Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013. AP Photo/Ben Curtis

JUBA, South Sudan—At least 129 children were killed, with boys castrated and girls raped, during a government offensive against rebels last month in South Sudan, according to the U.N. children’s agency.

South Sudanese military spokesman, Col. Philip Aguer, on Thursday questioned the credibility of the report, saying it is not in South Sudanese culture to commit such atrocities and has called for a full investigation.

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