May 30 (UPI) -- South Sudan began a military trial Tuesday of 13 suspects accused of rape, murder and looting during a 2016 rampage at a hotel housing foreign aid workers.
The South Sudanese Army soldiers were allegedly among 50 to 100 soldiers who overpowered security agents of the Terrain hotel in the capital, Juba, on July 11, 2016, as clashes between the army and rebel forces occurred in the city. The testimony of hotel manager Michael Woodward indicated the soldiers raped women, looted property and killed a local journalist because of his Nuer ethnicity during the 72 hours they spent at the hotel.