Sudanese Air Force bombs churches, villages

JUBA, South Sudan — The Sudanese Air Force dropped four bombs on an Episcopal Church of Sudan (ECS) complex in the Nuba Mountains of South Sudan on Oct. 10, church leaders said.
 


“The bombs have completely destroyed our church compound in Tabolo,” said Youhana Yaqoub of the ECS in Al Atmor, near the Tabolo area in South Kordofan state. “A family living at the church compound miraculously escaped the attack, [but] their whole house and property were destroyed.”
 


Sudanese Armed Forces supported by the Sudanese Air Force had destroyed the ECS church building in Al Atmor in a bombing July 6, sources said. In early October, Russian-made Antonov planes of the Sudan government bombed villages near Kuwalib in the Nuba Mountains but no injuries were reported, a Christian aid worker said.
 


Since the beginning of September, Sudan has dropped 19 bombs on South Kordofan villages where only civilians were present, Christian sources said.