Eight trucks pillaged, passengers fleeced in Central Darfur

23/05/2013 22:41

Eight commercial vehicles were pillaged by armed pro-government militiamen in Central Darfur on Wednesday. The vehicles were on their way from Umm Dukhun to Garsila and were attacked near Bundisi.Witnesses told Radio Dabanga that militiamen stopped the vehicles and initially asked each of the truck owners to pay them SDG 200 ($45).Witnesses said that once the drivers had paid the money, the gunmen said each passenger should pay a further SDG 50 ($11). “Once the passengers paid, the militiamen fired into the air, stripped the passengers of everything of value, including sums of money and mobile phones, and fled.”In Garsila on Thursday gunmen beat a displaced person from camp Ardeba. Abu Qasim was out in the open collecting firewood. He suffered a broken leg and was taken to hospital.Displaced people from Garsila said the security situation in the region is deteriorating, and demanded protection from pro-government militias.File photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran/Unamid

Eight commercial vehicles were pillaged by armed pro-government militiamen in Central Darfur on Wednesday. The vehicles were on their way from Umm Dukhun to Garsila and were attacked near Bundisi.

Witnesses told Radio Dabanga that militiamen stopped the vehicles and initially asked each of the truck owners to pay them SDG 200 ($45).

Witnesses said that once the drivers had paid the money, the gunmen said each passenger should pay a further SDG 50 ($11). “Once the passengers paid, the militiamen fired into the air, stripped the passengers of everything of value, including sums of money and mobile phones, and fled.”

In Garsila on Thursday gunmen beat a displaced person from camp Ardeba. Abu Qasim was out in the open collecting firewood. He suffered a broken leg and was taken to hospital.

Displaced people from Garsila said the security situation in the region is deteriorating, and demanded protection from pro-government militias.

File photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran/Unamid