East Sudanese call for action after abduction

31/07/2017 21:00 SINKAT

Residents of Sinkat in Red Sea state blocked the Sinkat-Port Sudan road on Sunday in protest against the kidnapping of a boy last week.
Journalist Osman Hashim told Radio Dabanga that dozens of people staged a sit-in on the road at about 10 am on Sunday. “They burned tires as well.”
The demonstrators expressed their distress at the silence of the government authorities after the abduction of a nine-year-old boy by unknown assailants in Sinkat on Friday.
Government forces intervened and the protesters dispersed after local authorities pledged to investigate the case and search for the boy.

Residents of Sinkat in Red Sea state blocked the Sinkat-Port Sudan road on Sunday in protest against the kidnapping of a boy last week.

Journalist Osman Hashim told Radio Dabanga that dozens of people staged a sit-in on the road at about 10 am on Sunday. “They burned tires as well.”

The demonstrators expressed their distress at the silence of the government authorities after the abduction of a nine-year-old boy by unknown assailants in Sinkat on Friday.

Government forces intervened and the protesters dispersed after local authorities pledged to investigate the case and search for the boy.