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More than 150 killed in Sudan drone strike on disputed Abyei border region

Residents at the market in the town of Abyei, central Sudan, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007
File photo: Residents at the market in the town of Abyei, central Sudan, Wednesday, December 12, 2007. © Alfred de Montesquiou, AP

At least 153 people have been killed in a drone strike on a market in the disputed Abyei region, where a fire at a nearby fuel depot continued to burn on Tuesday. Local officials blamed Sudan’s military for Monday’s attack, which also left dozens injured.

A drone strike on a market in Abyei, a border region disputed by Sudan and South Sudan, hit a nearby fuel depot, killing at least 153 people and igniting a fire that was still burning Tuesday, a local official said.

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