‘Bomb residue’ kills four children in Darfur

26/06/2013 22:55

Four children died last Wednesday after reportedly coming into contact with residue from bombs dropped on the water wells of Rofota, East Jebel Marra. Musa Haroun (8), Saleh Mohamed (9), Om Kalthoum (12) and Ibrahim Yahiya Yaqoub (17) went to inspect the wells that were damaged by bombs dropped by a ‘Sudan Air Force Antonov’. Witnesses told Radio Dabanga that soon after returning home, the children all complained of the swelling of their bodies and nausea. This developed into diarrhoea and they also developed a rash. The symptoms deteriorated until all of them died last Wednesday morning. Residents suspect that the children came into contact with rainwater contaminated by residue from the bombs. The children were buried in Rofota last Thursday. File photo Related: Women killed, injured in air raids on Darfur’s East Jebel Marra (24 June 2013)

Four children died last Wednesday after reportedly coming into contact with residue from bombs dropped on the water wells of Rofota, East Jebel Marra.

Musa Haroun (8), Saleh Mohamed (9), Om Kalthoum (12) and Ibrahim Yahiya Yaqoub (17) went to inspect the wells that were damaged by bombs dropped by a ‘Sudan Air Force Antonov’.

Witnesses told Radio Dabanga that soon after returning home, the children all complained of the swelling of their bodies and nausea. This developed into diarrhoea and they also developed a rash.

The symptoms deteriorated until all of them died last Wednesday morning.

Residents suspect that the children came into contact with rainwater contaminated by residue from the bombs. The children were buried in Rofota last Thursday.

File photo

Related:

Women killed, injured in air raids on Darfur’s East Jebel Marra (24 June 2013)