The air strike began around 11:20 a.m. Friday here in the East Equatoria region, according to Diocese of Torit spokesman Gervasius Okot. In two strikes, Antonov planes of the Khartoum regime dropped 12 bombs, critically injuring a woman and an elderly man.
Bombs also struck Torit diocesan buildings, destroying the newly built office of Auxiliary Bishop Akio Johnson Mutek.
On June 26, a building for housing priests in Ikotos was struck by the Sudanese bombers. Three days later, another building of the same complex was targeted.
Friday’s attack took place a few hours before the conclusion of a two-day visit in Sudan of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. On arrival in Khartoum, Annan said talks between the Islamic regime and rebels of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army were at a good point, going so far as to suggest that an accord might be reached by July 20.
