The SPLA has handed over the corpse of Christopher Allen, a US freelance journalist, to the American Embassy in Juba.
The SPLA Medical Corps said that the Allen died of a gunshot wound to the head.
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Allen was killed during fighting in Kaya on Saturday morning. SPLA said his corpse was recovered from the battlefield and has no identity papers with it.
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Colonel Santo Domic, SPLA Deputy Spokesman and Michael Makuei, the Minister of Information and government spokesman say that Allen was a rebel and not a journalist.
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