South Sudan army denies arrested foreigners aiding its forces

JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan‘s army said that three foreigners arrested by Sudan near a disputed border area were not helping its forces, contrary to accusations by Khartoum.

“That is rubbish and just a lie,” the spokesman for South Sudan’s army (SPLA), Philip Aguer, said.

Aguer said SPLA sources in Bentiu, the capital of South Sudan’s Unity State, told him that a U.N. truck had got lost in the disputed border area and were “caught by the Sudanese Armed Forces“.

“The humanitarian truck … should have been allowed free passage,” Aguer said.

(This story was refiled to clarify denial in headline that foreigners helping South Sudan forces)

(Reporting by Yara Bayoumy; Editing by Louise Ireland)

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