The National Salvation Front (NAS) fighters repulsed a joint attack by South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) and Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition SPLA-IO in Central Equatoria State and killed four troops.
The rebel group also said the South Sudanese troops attacked refugees camps in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
According to Suba Samuel Manase, NAS Spokesman, the joint force attacked their positions in Laiza and Agabe areas of Morobo County, Central Equatoria State on 9 September.
Manase said they successfully repulsed the two attacks, adding that the assailants who killed one NAS combatant and wounded two others.