AbyeiA drone strike killed at least 153 at Amiet Market.
Fires still burned Tuesday and the toll will rise, Abyei’s information minister said.
Diplomats say Abyei, claimed by Sudan and South Sudan, is a fuel route for the Rapid Support Forces.
An unnamed Sudanese officer says only fighters and smugglers died, but the UN counts women and children among the dead.
UN peacekeepers are still verifying casualties, and South Sudan has summoned Sudan’s ambassador.
How each outlet framed it
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- Al Jazeera Online leans critical
- reports the South Sudanese official's blame of Sudan's army and the summoned ambassador, with the Sudanese officer's account that the strike hit RSF-bound fuel tankers
Sources: Al Jazeera Online