SPLM-N attacks El Atmor in South Kordofan

The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) announced that it killed 15 army and militia troops, and wounded others in El Atmor, South Kordofan, on Saturday. In a press statement issued on Sunday, SPLM-N spokesman Arnu Ngutulu Lodi said that the rebel fighters killed 15 army and militia troops, and wounded a large number of other troops in an attack on El Atmor, east of Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan. According to Lodi, the SPLM-N combatants also destroyed a T-55 tank, and six military vehicles, including two anti-aircraft cannons. He acknowledged the death of three rebel fighters. Seven were wounded. The SPLM-N spokesman added that their artillery unit shelled military targets in Kadugli, Daldako, and El Hamra, stressing that the SPLM-N is determined to chase the government troops from El Atmor. Sudanese army spokesman, El Sawarmi Khaled Saad, told the media that government forces repelled SPLM-N insurgents, attempting to attack the area of El Atmor on Saturday. According to Saad, 50 rebels were killed in the battle. File photo: On 4 and 5 January this year, joint forces of the SPLM-N and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) destroyed eight Sudanese military convoys in Trogi, South Kordofan. Related: Attacks on South Kordofan ‘may constitute war crime’: Amnesty Int (25 June 2014) Hospital bombed in Sudan’s South Kordofan (17 June 2014) ‘Attacks on South Kordofan displace 35,615’: SPLM-N (16 June 2014)Militia commander killed in South Kordofan battle (26 May 2014) SPLM-N claims destruction Sudan army convoys, South Kordofan (16 May 2014) ‘Government forces repelled in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains’: SPLM-N (14 May 2014) Intensified attacks on South Kordofan villages displace more than 100,000 (14 May 2014) EU concerned about bombing of hospital in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains (12 May 2014)

The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) announced that it killed 15 army and militia troops, and wounded others in El Atmor, South Kordofan, on Saturday.

In a press statement issued on Sunday, SPLM-N spokesman Arnu Ngutulu Lodi said that the rebel fighters killed 15 army and militia troops, and wounded a large number of other troops in an attack on El Atmor, east of Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan.

According to Lodi, the SPLM-N combatants also destroyed a T-55 tank, and six military vehicles, including two anti-aircraft cannons. He acknowledged the death of three rebel fighters. Seven were wounded.

The SPLM-N spokesman added that their artillery unit shelled military targets in Kadugli, Daldako, and El Hamra, stressing that the SPLM-N is determined to chase the government troops from El Atmor.

Sudanese army spokesman, El Sawarmi Khaled Saad, told the media that government forces repelled SPLM-N insurgents, attempting to attack the area of El Atmor on Saturday. According to Saad, 50 rebels were killed in the battle.

File photo: On 4 and 5 January this year, joint forces of the SPLM-N and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) destroyed eight Sudanese military convoys in Trogi, South Kordofan.

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‘Attacks on South Kordofan displace 35,615’: SPLM-N (16 June 2014)

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SPLM-N claims destruction Sudan army convoys, South Kordofan (16 May 2014)

‘Government forces repelled in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains’: SPLM-N (14 May 2014)

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