March 24, 2015 06:04 pm | Updated 06:04 pm IST - JUBA
In this Google Maps image, the area outlined in red is the South Sudanese state of Unity, where a munitions explosion killed seven.
The aid group Doctors Without Borders said a munitions explosion killed seven people and injured a child on Thursday in the South Sudanese state of Unity.
The stockpile of unexploded ordnance was stored in a container in opposition-held Thar Jath and was leftover from clashes between government forces and rebels last year.
Doctors Without Borders said in a statement on Tuesday that the container likely blew up after local residents set fire to the grass nearby to clear land for farming.
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