Armed men from South Sudan 'kill 140 in raid on Ethiopia'

Armed men from South Sudan have killed around 140 people and kidnapped a number of others in a cross-border raid into Ethiopia, the Ethiopian government said Sunday. Ethnic Murle gunmen "attacked near Gambella and killed close to 140 people. The Murle, a tribe from South Sudan based in the western state of Jonglei, often stage raids to steal cattle.