In Sudan 129 children raped, castrated and killed, UNICEF confirms

UNICEF Chief said that the gruesome details of violence against youngsters, including girls as young as eight, have emerged.

United Nation Children's Fund (UNICEF), on Friday June 19, said horrific details have emerged that 129  children were killed in the the three weeks of violence in South Sudan.

UNICEF Chief, Anthony Lake, said this during the fund’s update on the situation in South Sudan in New York.

He said children in Northern Unity State have been thrown into burning buildings, raped and castrated and called for an end to the "unspeakable violence in the name of humanity."

"Civilians have been terrorised and forced to flee for their lives in Greater Upper Nile region," he said.

He noted that the gruesome details of violence against youngsters, including girls as young as eight, have emerged.

Lake said abuses against boys and girls across the war-torn country has also reached a "new level of brutality.’’

He added that the situation in South Sudan has caused humanitarian crisis that left an estimated 4.6 million people food insecure and more than two million displaced.

Meanwhile, he said, there has been attacks on UN bases in the country in the past months, where more than 140,000 people are sheltering for safety and protection.