NEW : Sudanese military commander says 1,200 South Sudanese dead . The latest attacks came after Barnaba Marial Benjamin , South Sudan 's minister of information , said his country 's army had withdrawn from Heglig to bases near the border and inside South Sudan . The United Nations estimates that more than 10,000 people have been killed in the conflict since December last year. The airstrikes across the volatile border come amid reports of fighting . Witness : `` I saw one boy who was about 10 years old who was completely burned ''
NEW : Sudanese military commander says 1,200 South Sudanese dead . The United Nations estimates that more than 10,000 people have been killed in the conflict since December last year. The airstrikes across the volatile border come amid reports of fighting . Witness : `` I saw one boy who was about 10 years old who was completely burned ''