On Saturday, a group of militiamen shot three farmers in Kutum locality.

“Janjaweed riding a Land Cruiser attacked us late on Saturday evening after we had driven a number of their camels from our farmlands,” one of the victims reported to Radio Dabanga.

The farms lie near Senger village, about 3 kilometres from Kutum, he explained.

Adam Ibrahim Hassan, Hassan Siddig Ahmed, and Bashir Ibrahim Tahir were hit by bullets, and had to be transferred to Kutum Hospital.