Militiamen in uniform rob camp resident in South Darfur

A resident of the Atash camp for the displaced in Nyala locality, South Darfur, was injured in an attack by militiamen on Saturday. A spokesperson for the Atash camp told Radio Dabanga that three “government-backed militiamen wearing military uniforms”, stormed the house of Izzeldin Ismail Yahya, located in Camp Centre 4, on Saturday evening at about 10pm. He was, seriously wounded, immediately transferred to Nyala hospital, and on Sunday to a hospital in Khartoum. The spokesperson added that the attackers robbed Yahya of SDG 1,500 ($262). He stressed the “urgent need” for Unamid patrols in order to to protect the displaced. File photo Related: Militiamen storm camp, injure three in West Darfur (5 December 2013)South Darfur displaced complain of marauding militiamen; man beaten and robbed (2 December 2013)Militiamen shoot, rob cattle trader in North Darfur (2 December 2013)

A resident of the Atash camp for the displaced in Nyala locality, South Darfur, was injured in an attack by militiamen on Saturday.

A spokesperson for the Atash camp told Radio Dabanga that three “government-backed militiamen wearing military uniforms”, stormed the house of Izzeldin Ismail Yahya, located in Camp Centre 4, on Saturday evening at about 10pm. He was, seriously wounded, immediately transferred to Nyala hospital, and on Sunday to a hospital in Khartoum.

The spokesperson added that the attackers robbed Yahya of SDG 1,500 ($262).

He stressed the “urgent need” for Unamid patrols in order to to protect the displaced.

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