Air raid kills father, two sons in Darfur’s East Jebel Marra

A man and two of his children have died in Khazan Tunjur, East Jebel Marra, in aerial bombardments on the area on Thursday. A relative of the deceased told Radio Dabanga that an Antonov of the Sudanese Air Force launched several raids on areas in East Jebel Marra. At about 12am on Thursday three bombs were dropped on the area of Argo Telo, west of Khazan Tunjur.The blast of one bomb hit Ahmed Fadul Yahya and two of his sons, Hamed Ahmed (8) and Jamal Ahmed (12), who were killed instantly, along with the horse pulling the cart which was carrying them. “They were torn to pieces. We had to collect piece by piece in order to bury them,” the relative said.He noted that the air raids covered “a government convoy of 75 vehicles” coming from El Fasher. “The convoy arrived at Khazan Tunjur on Wednesday evening and returned to El Fasher on Thursday.” File photoRelated:Darfur’s East Jebel Marra bombarded again; thousands displaced (18 March 2014)Darfur’s East Jebel Marra bombed after attacks (17 March 2014)10,000 flee militia attacks on Darfur’s East Jebel Marra (16 March 2014)