North Darfuris live in fear after market attack

15/01/2014 21:07

The market in Kabkabiya in North Darfur was closed for the second day in a row on Tuesday after gunmen assassinated displaced person Ismail Adam Sul last weekend. Witnesses told Radio Dabanga that pro-government militia members riding in about 20 Land Cruisers loaded with various kinds of weapons entered the capital of Kabkabiya locality on Monday at 10am and roamed the market until 4pm. Their presence lead to the closure of the market. Listeners said another group appeared on camels and horses on Tuesday, and others riding motorcycles wearing military uniforms gathered in the valley of Borko, south of the city. Another group gathered in the neighbourhood of El Hara, east of the city. The market was closed on Monday and Tuesday as shopkeepers feared for their lives and for their belongings. On Sunday evening, five militiamen in military uniforms in a Land Cruiser opened fire on Ismail Adam Sul, 10 metres from the Unamid site in the area. His body was found scorched 1km north of Kabkabiya after the perpetrators took his body and fled north. Residents of the El Salam camp complained on Monday about the continuous attacks by government-backed militiamen, the killings, beatings, rapes, robberies, and the charging of fees on firewood File photo: North Darfur market (Unamid) Related: ‘Firewood fees’ levied in North Darfur’s Kabkabiya (13 January 2014)

The market in Kabkabiya in North Darfur was closed for the second day in a row on Tuesday after gunmen assassinated displaced person Ismail Adam Sul last weekend.

Witnesses told Radio Dabanga that pro-government militia members riding in about 20 Land Cruisers loaded with various kinds of weapons entered the capital of Kabkabiya locality on Monday at 10am and roamed the market until 4pm. Their presence lead to the closure of the market.

Listeners said another group appeared on camels and horses on Tuesday, and others riding motorcycles wearing military uniforms gathered in the valley of Borko, south of the city. Another group gathered in the neighbourhood of El Hara, east of the city.

The market was closed on Monday and Tuesday as shopkeepers feared for their lives and for their belongings. On Sunday evening, five militiamen in military uniforms in a Land Cruiser opened fire on Ismail Adam Sul, 10 metres from the Unamid site in the area. His body was found scorched 1km north of Kabkabiya after the perpetrators took his body and fled north.

Residents of the El Salam camp complained on Monday about the continuous attacks by government-backed militiamen, the killings, beatings, rapes, robberies, and the charging of fees on firewood

File photo: North Darfur market (Unamid)

Related: ‘Firewood fees’ levied in North Darfur’s Kabkabiya (13 January 2014)