South Sudanese officials have condemned Sudan after an aerial bombardment of a refugee camp in their territory .
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South Sudanese officials have condemned <m> Sudan </m> after an aerial bombardment of a refugee camp in their territory .
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11 November 2011 Last updated at 12 : 41 GMT
Sudan 'bombs refugees' in South Sudan's Unity state
South Sudanese officials have condemned <m> Sudan </m> after an aerial bombardment of a refugee camp in their territory .
The BBC's James Copnall was at the Yida camp in oil - rich Unity State , which borders Sudan , when it was bombed .
Local official Miabek Lang said at least 12 people had been killed and 20 wounded .
The Sudanese military , which has been fighting rebels in areas near South Sudan , has denied the claims .
Our reporter says he arrived at the camp at about 12 : 00 GMT on Thursday as a second round of bombs hit .
He says that just as a UN helicopter , carrying food aid , settled on to a makeshift landing zone at the camp , there was a deep and terrifying thud of a nearby explosion .
A large plane was spotted heading to the north , our reporter says .
'Completely false'
Several residents of the refugee camp told him it was an Antonov plane , often used by the Sudanese government as a makeshift bomber .
The refugees said the plane had circled before launching two bombing raids .
Five bombs were dropped , of which four exploded , they told our correspondent .
Our reporter says he did not see any casualties , but Mr Lang , the commissioner of Pariang county in Unity state , said that 12 people had been killed and the death toll could rise .
Incidents like this , and both sides' belief that the other is sponsoring rebels on their territory , are contributing to a rapidly deteriorating relationship between Sudan and South Sudan , he says .
Thousands of people who have fled fighting in Sudan's South Kordofan region have crossed the border to take refuge at the Yida camp .
Sudan's army has often been accused of bombing South Kordofan , where it is facing a rebellion from pro - southern groups .
Our reporter says there is talk that rebels use the camp to rest before returning to South Kordofan to fight .
The refugees are , however , furious with Sudan's President Omar al - Bashir over the bombings , he says .
The governor of Unity State , Taban Deng , said Mr Bashir should be held responsible .
"Why does Omar Bashir do this ?
He has a lot to answer , " Mr Deng said .
However , Sudan Armed Forces spokesman Sawarmi Khaled Saad vehemently denied any links to the raid .
"This information is completely false .
We didn't bomb any camps or any areas inside the borders of South Sudan , " he told the AFP news agency .
"What is going on in South Sudan belongs to the southerners .
We don't have any links to this . "
The South Sudan Liberation Army rebel group is active in Unity State - it denies claims that it is working for Khartoum in order to destabilise its neighbour .
South Sudan gained independence in July under a peace deal which followed decades of north - south conflict .