Militiamen attack bus, lorries, shops, and a court in three Darfur states

Militiamen robbed bus passengers in South Darfur, hijached two lorries in North Darfur, and plundered the treasuries of the Zakat Bureau and the Foro Baranga court in West Darfur on Monday. One of the victims told Radio Dabanga that “government-backed militiamen” in two Land Cruisers mounted with machine guns intercepted a bus in the area of Jimeiza, north of Kass in South Darfur, en route from Foro Baranga to Nyala. They unloaded all the passengers, robbed them of their money, mobile phones, luggage, and their goods, and fled. Sources reported to Radio Dabanga that in the area of Birka Seira, Saraf Omra locality, North Darfur, “government-backed militiamen” in two Land Cruisers mounted with machine guns stopped two lorries coming from Jebel Amer. They unloaded all the passengers and the drivers and stripped them of their possessions. They took the two lorries with them. In Foro Baranga Town, West Darfur, militiamen pillaged the court, the Zakat (alms) Bureau and six shops. File photo