KHARTOUM, Sudan (CNN) -- Rebels aided by South Sudan bombed an oil pipeline in the disputed district of Abyei, a Sudanese army official said on Thursday. "At 9 p.m. on Wednesday, a group belonging to the Justice and Equality Movement...aided by South Sudan launched an attack, specifically ... into Sudanese territory," said Al-Sawarmi Khalid, the Sudanese army's spokesperson, in a statement to the semi-official Sudanese Media Center (SMC). "This renegade group was given technical support from the South Sudanese military which enabled it to bomb an oil pipeline in the area of Ajaja inside the administrative borders of Abyei," the statement continued.
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A bombing sparked a fire at the pipeline that lasted several hours, an official said
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Sudan blames the attack on rebels aided by South Sudan
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The rebel group Justice and Equality Movement denies involvement in the attack
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