Khartoum's Interior Ministry in a statement carried by Sudan's media yesterday said 21 were killed in Abyei district, including Koul Deng Majok , an ethnic Ngok Dinka from neighbouring South Sudan, two peacekeepers, and 17 members of the Misseriya tribe.
It said Majok's tribe had failed to inform Misseriya tribesmen they would be visiting the area.
The UN said earlier that Majok and one peacekeeper were killed in the Saturday incident that apparently pitted Dinka farmers against Misseriya herders.
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