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87 bodies found in mass grave

International Desk : At least 87 people including ethnic Masalits were buried in a mass grave in Sudan's West Darfur, said the UN human rights office.

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It's said that it had credible information that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) were responsible.

RSF officials denied any involvement, saying paramilitary group was not a party to conflict in West Darfur.

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Ethnically motivated bloodshed has increased in recent weeks in step with fighting between rival military factions that erupted in April and has brought the country to the brink of civil war. In El Geneina, witnesses and rights groups have reported waves of attacks by the RSF and Arab militias against the non-Arab Masalit people, including shootings at close range.

The UN statement said local people were forced to dispose of the bodies including those of women and children in a shallow grave in an open area near the city between June 20-21.

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"I condemn in the strongest terms the killing of civilians and hors de combat individuals, and I am further appalled by the callous and disrespectful way the dead, along with their families and communities, were treated," said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk in the same statement.

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