The town's deputy governor, Simon Wani Ramba said the shells flew and burst more than half a mile from the depot. "There was a huge mushroom cloud in the sky and everyone fell on the floor," witness Gemma Mortensen told the BBC.
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| Ammunition dump blows in Sudan, |
| 2005-02-23 |
| JUBA, Sudan, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- An hour of explosions at a Sudanese government ammunition depot Wednesday shredded a southern town and killed at least 13 people, the BBC reported. A large portion of the residential and barracks area of Juba were obliterated by shrapnel as armaments exploded "every second for about an hour," one witness told the network. The number of injured was not immediately known, but expected to be high from the shrapnel bombardment. The town's deputy governor, Simon Wani Ramba said the shells flew and burst more than half a mile from the depot. "There was a huge mushroom cloud in the sky and everyone fell on the floor," witness Gemma Mortensen told the BBC. |
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