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The soldiers threatened to kill the men. 1253 One soldier, speaking Arabic, told a witness that
“the government belonged to the Dinka and no one would ask about us if they killed us.” 1254
The soldiers searched the compound for weapons and found a very small number. 1255
A number of the men were detained and beaten by the soldiers with the butts of their
rifles and sticks.1256 The Commission’s Forensic Physician was able to examine two of those
beaten and confirmed that their injuries were consistent with their testimony. 1257 A few of the
men were taken away by the soldiers for further questioning, and one man described soldiers
taking him toward the woods and shooting at him three times but surviving because the
bullets missed him.1258
Ten men and boys were ultimately shot and killed.1259 Four, including two students, a
watchman, and an IDP were lined up and shot point-blank near the chapel. Three others were
killed near the dormitories while a 12-year old boy was shot in his bed and had a stick pushed
up his anus. Two others were also killed: an IDP and a watchman for the school, who had
been making his morning tea when he was shot.
The Commission collected evidence of two rapes by the SPLA soldiers, one of them
by two soldiers.1260 Soldiers tried to rape another woman but she managed to escape and
multiple witnesses indicated that they believed that more women had been raped during the
incident but were too scared to come forward.1261 The Commission’s Forensic Physician was
able to examine one of the rape victims and his findings confirm her account. 1262
The soldiers searched the compound and stole cash, phones, computers, mattresses,
bicycles and motorcycles and possessions from the IDPs, students and staff, and ransacked
the school, including breaking into the school’s safe, which contained the teachers’
salaries.1263 They forced the compound’s inhabitants to kill a bull and cook it for them. 1264
The Commission photographed several rooms in the school’s premises, which show the
school’s ransacked premises and bullet holes confirming witnesses’ stories. 1265
The soldiers remained there all day, departing at approximately 19:30 or 20:00,
approximately 12 hours after they arrived. As they left, “they were shooting in the air and
celebrating in jubilation” and cheering. 1266
1253
Witness 689, ERN 101400-101411, para. 8; Witness 723, ERN 101454-101461, para. 20.
Witness 723, ERN 101454-101461, para. 20.
1255 The number varied from as few as one gun, but are consistently reported as being fewer than 10 in the ECC compound. Witness
764, ERN 101946-101954, para. 7; Confidential Meeting, 18 August 2018; Witness 723, ERN 101454-101461, para. 11. See also
CTSAMM, Report 2018/23 – Murder and Rape in Goli, Central Equatoria State, 7 July 2018, para. 2.6.
1256 Witness 703, ERN 101470-101475, para. 6; Witness 764, ERN 101946-101954, paras. 9-10; Witness 699, ERN 101521-101529,
para. 8, 10; Witness 717, ERN 101388-101399, paras. 14, 17; Witness 723, ERN 101454-101461, paras. 11, 21, 23.
1257 Medical Examination Statement, ERN 101711-101712; Medical Examination Statement, ERN 101715-101716.
1258 Witness 700, ERN 101462-101469, para. 12; Witness 764, ERN 101946-101954, para. 7; Witness 699, ERN 101521-101529,
para. 8.
1259 The Commission has documented the identities of each of the victims. Witness 741, ERN 101417-101457, para. 6; Witness 703,
ERN 101470-101475, paras. 8-11; Witness 764, ERN 101946-101954, para. 6; Witness 699, ERN 101521-101529, paras. 7, 9;
Witness 717, ERN 101388-101399, para. 15; Witness 723, ERN 101454-101461, para. 18; Confidential Document, ERN
D115036-D115084.
1260 Witness 741, ERN 101417-101457, para. 7; Witness 717, ERN 101388-101399, para. 16; Witness 689, ERN 101400-101411,
paras. 17, 18; Witness 764, ERN 101946-101954, para. 9; Confidential Document, ERN D115036 - D115084.
1261 Confidential Meeting, 18 August 2018; Witness 717, ERN 101388-101399, para. 16; Witness 689, ERN 101400-101411, para.
16.
1262 Medical Examination Statement, ERN 101713- 101714.
1263 Witness 689, ERN 101400-101411, paras. 7, 13-14; Witness 741, ERN 101417-101457, para. 10; Witness 700, ERN 101462101469, para. 14; Witness 703, ERN 101470-101475, para. 6; Witness 764, ERN 101946-101954, para. 4; Witness 699, ERN
101521-101529, paras. 10, 16; Witness 723, ERN 101454-101461, para. 21; Confidential Source, ERN D114862-D114937.
1264 Witness 689, ERN 101400-101411, para. 12; Witness 723, ERN 101454-101461, para. 23.
1265 Investigator’s Report, ERN D114862-D114937; Witness 741, ERN 101417-101457.
1266 Witness 689, ERN 101400-101411, para. 21; Witness 700, ERN 101462-101469, para. 14; Witness 703, ERN 101470-101475,
para. 13. See also CTSAMM, Report 2018/23 – Murder and Rape in Goli, Central Equatoria State, 7 July 2018, para. 2.7.
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