JUBA, South Sudan, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Sudan was accused of dropping bombs on a temporary camp sheltering more than 20,000 refugees in South Sudan. There were conflicting reports about casualties.
A local official, Miabek Lang, said at least 12 people had been killed and 20 wounded in the Thursday bombing, but a United Nations agency said it knew of no casualties and the Sudanese military denied civilians were killed, the BBC reported.
Refugees were fleeing from a conflict in neighboring Sudan's Nuba Mountains, an official of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said Friday.
"Two of the bombs fell within the Yida camp, including one close to the school," Adrian Edwards said in a release. "Fortunately there were no casualties in the camp and we are verifying the situation of surrounding communities."
U.N. officials said the refugee agency had been preparing to relocate refugees away from the border but efforts were hampered by heavy rain that has made the road to the camp impassable.
The refugee agency said it is concerned by the escalating tensions in the border areas between Sudan and South Sudan, where hundreds of thousands of civilians have been uprooted since June as a result of fighting.
