Gang-rapes in West and Central Darfur

A 13-year-old West Darfur girl was repeatedly raped by three men for five hours on Sunday. In a separate incident, four militiamen gang raped a 14-year-old girl in western Jebel Marra, Central Darfur.
A sheikh of Tendelti camp in El Geneina locality told Radio Dabanga that three members of a government-backed militia in military uniforms attacked four young women and girls, when they were collecting firewood in the area north of the camp on Sunday afternoon.

A 13-year-old West Darfur girl was repeatedly raped by three men for five hours on Sunday. In a separate incident, four militiamen gang raped a 14-year-old girl in western Jebel Marra, Central Darfur.

A sheikh of Tendelti camp in El Geneina locality told Radio Dabanga that three members of a government-backed militia in military uniforms attacked four young women and girls, when they were collecting firewood in the area north of the camp on Sunday afternoon.

“They grabbed one of them, and repeatedly raped her from 1pm until 6pm. She was taken to Tendelti hospital in very bad condition.”

The sheikh added that a rescue team managed to apprehend one of the alleged perpetrators, and handed him to the police. He stressed that the rapists “deserve the heaviest punishment possible, to deter others from committing such atrocious crimes”.

Jebel Marra

In the area of Birdani, northwest of Golo, a 14-year-old was gang-raped by four members of a government militia.

According to a relative of the victim, the militiamen intercepted the girl and her elder sister who was in her ninth month of pregnancy. They seized the girl and alternately raped her.

Her sister fell from her donkey when she attempted to escape from the grip of the attackers. She lost her baby, and was transferred in coma to a clinic in Fina for treatment.

the source said that the commander of Golo military garrison promised to arrest the perpetrators. “However, none of them have been taken into custody by Monday”.

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