One dead and eight injured near Kutum

05/09/2012 22:57

Eye witnesses told Radio Dabanga that on Wednesday 5 September, Osman Kasham, was shot dead in a small valley called Ouweja, near Kutum in North Darfur. They added another eight people got injured when border guards opened fire against their vehicle. According to a relative of Kasham, the victims were ambushed by border guards when traveling back from Disa to Kutum. He added the group had spent the day shopping in Disa. The relative said the eight wounded victims were brought to UNAMID’s headquarters, who took them to a Kutum hospital for treatment.

Eye witnesses told Radio Dabanga that on Wednesday 5 September, Osman Kasham, was shot dead in a small valley called Ouweja, near Kutum in North Darfur. They added another eight people got injured when border guards opened fire against their vehicle.

According to a relative of Kasham, the victims were ambushed by border guards when traveling back from Disa to Kutum. He added the group had spent the day shopping in Disa.

The relative said the eight wounded victims were brought to UNAMID’s headquarters, who took them to a Kutum hospital for treatment.