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class="infobox-subheader">Part of <a href="/wiki/South_Sudanese_Civil_War" title="South Sudanese Civil War">South Sudanese Civil War</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location"><a href="/wiki/Bentiu" title="Bentiu">Bentiu</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Sudan" title="South Sudan">South Sudan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=2014_Bentiu_massacre&params=9.2350_N_29.8058_E_source:wikidata"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°14′06″N</span> <span class="longitude">29°48′21″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.2350°N 29.8058°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.2350; 29.8058</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">15 April 2014<span class="noprint">; 10 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2014-04-15</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deaths</th><td class="infobox-data">400+<sup id="cite_ref-JazeeraBen_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JazeeraBen-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Victims</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudanese</a> people (<a href="/wiki/Darfur" title="Darfur">Darfuri</a> traders, suspected <a href="/wiki/Justice_and_Equality_Movement" title="Justice and Equality Movement">JEM</a> fighters), <a href="/wiki/Dinka_people" title="Dinka people">Dinka people</a> (local civilians, <a href="/wiki/Sudan_People%27s_Liberation_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Sudan People's Liberation Army">SPLA</a> soldiers)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmall_Arms_Survey2014_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmall_Arms_Survey2014-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Perpetrators</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sudan_People%27s_Liberation_Movement-in-Opposition" title="Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition">SPLM/A-IO</a> (denied)<sup id="cite_ref-JazeeraBen2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JazeeraBen2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2014 Bentiu massacre</b> occurred on 15 April 2014 in the town of <a href="/wiki/Bentiu" title="Bentiu">Bentiu</a>, in the north of <a href="/wiki/South_Sudan" title="South Sudan">South Sudan</a>, during the <a href="/wiki/South_Sudanese_Civil_War" title="South Sudanese Civil War">South Sudanese Civil War</a>. The attack was described by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Economist" title="The Economist">The Economist</a></i> as the "worst massacre" of the civil war.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prelude">Prelude</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_Bentiu_massacre&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Prelude"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to the attack, people had sought refuge in places of worship and healing,<sup id="cite_ref-washingtonpost.com_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonpost.com-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while a local radio station featured rebel commanders warning certain ethnic groups, except the <a href="/wiki/Nuer_people" title="Nuer people">Nuers</a>, that they were coming for them, calling on the other groups to rape the non-Nuer women.<sup id="cite_ref-washingtonpost.com_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonpost.com-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attack">Attack</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_Bentiu_massacre&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Attack"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>UN human rights investigators said that after rebels wrested Bentiu from government forces in heavy battles, the gunmen spent two days hunting down those who they believed opposed them.<sup id="cite_ref-news.yahoo.com_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news.yahoo.com-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The killers, identified by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> as forces of the Nuer-led <a href="/wiki/Sudan_People%27s_Liberation_Movement-in-Opposition" title="Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition">SPLM/A-IO</a>, went from place to place, from mosque to church to hospital, separating people by ethnicity and religion and shooting the ones left behind.<sup id="cite_ref-washingtonpost.com_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonpost.com-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Civilians were killed in the town's main hospital, in a Catholic church and especially in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kali-Ballee_mosque&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kali-Ballee mosque (page does not exist)">Kali-Ballee mosque</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-theguardian.com_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theguardian.com-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where hundreds had taken shelter and where the rebels "separated individuals of certain nationalities and ethnic groups and escorted them to safety, while the others were killed," according to a UN report.<sup id="cite_ref-news.yahoo.com_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news.yahoo.com-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of those who only barely escaped death during the massacre was the prominent former <a href="/wiki/Warlord" title="Warlord">warlord</a> and pro-government commander <a href="/wiki/Peter_Par_Jiek" title="Peter Par Jiek">Peter Par Jiek</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A week after the attack, bodies still littered the streets.<sup id="cite_ref-theguardian.com_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theguardian.com-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Casualties">Casualties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_Bentiu_massacre&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Casualties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>South Sudan's government said the death toll from the massacre exceeded 400.<sup id="cite_ref-JazeeraBen_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JazeeraBen-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the main mosque alone, "more than 200 civilians were reportedly killed and over 400 wounded," the UN mission in the country said.<sup id="cite_ref-news.yahoo.com_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news.yahoo.com-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-washingtonpost.com_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonpost.com-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to a source, many of the victims were <a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudanese</a>, in particular traders from <a href="/wiki/Darfur" title="Darfur">Darfur</a> as well as soldiers from the <a href="/wiki/Justice_and_Equality_Movement" title="Justice and Equality Movement">Justice and Equality Movement</a> (JEM), a Sudanese rebel group from Darfur accused of supporting the South Sudanese government. According to the source, JEM fighters removed their uniforms and hid in the mosque, before being shot. However, a Sudanese human rights group rejected this claim, saying those killed were unarmed civilians.<sup id="cite_ref-theguardian.com_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theguardian.com-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many other victims were civilians as well as <a href="/wiki/Sudan_People%27s_Liberation_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Sudan People's Liberation Army">SPLA</a> soldiers belonging to the <a href="/wiki/Dinka_people" title="Dinka people">Dinka people</a>, an ethnic group which had traditionally supported Kiir's government.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmall_Arms_Survey2014_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmall_Arms_Survey2014-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_Bentiu_massacre&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/2014_retreat_from_Western_Bahr_el_Ghazal" title="2014 retreat from Western Bahr el Ghazal">2014 retreat from Western Bahr el Ghazal</a></div> <p>Rebel leader <a href="/wiki/Riek_Machar" title="Riek Machar">Riek Machar</a> said his forces were not behind the killings<sup id="cite_ref-JazeeraBen2_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JazeeraBen2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and rebel spokesman <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lul_Ruai_Koang&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lul Ruai Koang (page does not exist)">Lul Ruai Koang</a> said, "the government forces and their allies committed these heinous crimes while retreating."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The massacre at Bentiu greatly increased the animosity of Dinkas against ethnic Nuer in <a href="/wiki/Bahr_el_Ghazal_(region_of_South_Sudan)" title="Bahr el Ghazal (region of South Sudan)">Bahr el Ghazal</a> which had previously been largely peaceful and unaffected by the civil war. Families of Dinka soldiers killed at Bentiu attacked a Nuer SPLA soldier at Mapel, <a href="/wiki/Western_Bahr_el_Ghazal" title="Western Bahr el Ghazal">Western Bahr el Ghazal</a>, in April 2014, resulting in inter-tribal clashes and the massacre of up to 200 Nuer soldiers by Dinka soldiers. This violence led to the mass desertion of Nuer SPLA members in Bahr el Ghazal who then fled north into <a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudan</a> in course of a <a href="/wiki/2014_retreat_from_Western_Bahr_el_Ghazal" title="2014 retreat from Western Bahr el Ghazal">long march</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmall_Arms_Survey2014_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmall_Arms_Survey2014-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_Bentiu_massacre&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_violence_in_South_Sudan_(2011%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic violence in South Sudan (2011–present)">Ethnic violence in South Sudan (2011–present)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bor_massacre" title="Bor massacre">Bor massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pibor_massacre" title="Pibor massacre">Pibor massacre</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_Bentiu_massacre&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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