JUBA \u2013 Fist fighting has erupted among Ethiopian troops serving in South Sudan as part of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the world\u2019s youngest country after a forced return to Ethiopia where most peacekeepers fears government brutality was met with resistance, several well-informed South Sudan government sources with direct knowledge have told Sudans Post this evening.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a fist fight this afternoon. A good number of the Ethiopian forces working at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan as peacekeepers are being forced to return home. They are mainly from the Tigray region and they resisted and this has caused fist fight because those who refused were beaten,\u201d the government security source at Juba International Airport said.<\/p>\n
Another senior Juba airport staffer confirmed the fist fight and said there were no danger as all of the peacekeepers were not carrying their guns when the fist fight broke out saying heavily mounted security vehicles have been deployed at the airport.<\/p>\n
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\u201cAs I speak to you, there is a heavy presence of National Security Service and police forces at Juba airport,\u201d the official said on condition of anonymity. \u201cThey were being forced to return home because most of the peacekeepers have concerns to their safety once they arrive in Ethiopia and I am talking about those from the Tigray region.\u201d<\/p>\n
Phone calls to South Sudan government spokesman Michael Makuei and the army spokesman were not responded. Police spokesman Major-General Daniel Justin said he won\u2019t comment \u201cuntil I find out what is being said to have taken place while I haven\u2019t heard anything about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOtherwise I can direct you to the Ethiopian embassy because it is their business,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The latest development is however contrary to what was wrote a few hours ago by some outlets in Juba that there was gunfire at Juba airport attributing it to violence among Ethiopian troops serving under the United Nations peacekeeping mission.<\/p>\n
South Sudan News Now, a subsidiary of the online blog Nyamilepedia, had reported that \u201cfighting broke out this afternoon at Juba International Airport \u2013 JIA between the Ethiopian\u2019s government forces and Tigray forces serving under the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).\u201d<\/p>\n
UNHCR intervenes
\nSpeaking to Sudans Post separately, a staff member of the UNHCR in South Sudan said they intervene and some of the peacekeepers are now in the reception center for registration as asylum seekers, with some being protected by South Sudan security forces.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe commander of the Ethiopian forces came and had wanted this group of soldiers to board the plane to Addis immediately but these soldiers refused to do so and this is how the fight ensued when the soldiers who came with him tried to force them to board the plane, mainly Tigray region,\u201d the UN staffer who refused not to be named said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not the first time such an incident happened. There has been a number of such cases involving peace keeping forces who hails from Tigray region, brought to the attention of CRA-UNHCR being forced to return to Ethiopia.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome even had their teeth broken as they struggled to freed themselves. They\u2019re now in the custody of SS security forces and some have already been transported to the reception center for registration as asylum seekers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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