Darfur: Three dead in violent incidents

Three people have been shot dead and one wounded in separate incidents in Central and South Darfur.

Armed herders in Darfur (File photo)

Three people have been shot dead and one wounded in separate incidents in Central and South Darfur.

A policeman opened fire and shot nurse Abubaker Adam dead and wounded his wife in his house in Um Dukhun in Central Darfur on Thursday.

Also in Um Dukhun, unknown gunmen shot and killed Jeddo Abdelrahim and robbed him of SDG 115,000 ($2,400*).

Herders shot dead Ismail Ali Haroun and robbed him of his money and donkey at Dolo area north of Fanga in Tawila locality in North Darfur.

At 6 am on Friday, a number of herders attacked Mukjar police station to free a herder from jail and their livestock from seizure, where they exchanged fire with the police, who confronted and arrested two of them, while the rest managed to flee.

* All currency conversions are based on the daily US Dollar rate quoted by the Central Bank of Sudan (CBoS)