South Sudan military arrests soldiers over gang-rape accusation
JUBA -- South Sudan has arrested four soldiers after residents accused the army of beating and raping civilians in a small village near the capital last month, a military spokesman said on Friday, in a case that became a symbol of spiralling military abuses.
The military launched an investigation after a local bishop brought five victims, including young girls, from Kubi village for medical treatment in the capital.
Three men will be charged with rape and one with dereliction of duty after a fourth suspect escaped, said Brigadier General Lul Ruai Koang.
"It is a crime to commit a rape; they have done it and they will be held accountable," he said. The men's trial will be open to the media, he said.
