Edited sentence: Eleven protective soldiers were also killed.In early morning on 2 August 2009, over 180 members of the Lou Nuer community were killed, over 30 more were injured and further numbers were declared missing in a "well coordinated and planned" attack carried out whilst they were fishing for food, allegedly by Murle fighters.People were pursued in the direction of a river, with some bodies becoming tangled in fishing nets.The dead were searching for food amidst severe shortages after barges which were shipping aid to them were attacked the previous June.The death toll may rise.The majority of the dead were children and women, with entire families claimed to have been "wiped out"