Paramilitary troops attack North Darfur villages

19/12/2014 22:23

Members of a paramilitary force reportedly attacked two villages near Tabit in North Darfur on Friday. In the state’s capital, the theft of vehicles is on the rise, according to residents. Witnesses told Radio Dabanga that elements of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in about 60 vehicles attacked Arasho and Tagrar at noon. The villages are located between Shangil Tobaya and Tabit, south of El Fasher. The witnesses could not confirm whether there were casualties, but they reported that residents were beaten during the attacks. “People fled into different directions, towards Shangil Tobaya and Hillet Ahmed in particular.” The sources confirmed that the RSF troops robbed the villagers of their livestock, money, and other properties. Carjacking in El Fasher The theft of vehicles in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, at broad daylight is on the rise, according to residents. They claimed that especially taxis are targeted. The residents further complained about a water and electricity outage in most parts of the city. Mohamed Kamaleldin Yousef told El Midan newspaper that heavily armed masked men stole his taxi at gunpoint from the front of his house in the Tombasi district on Wednesday evening. He pointed out that during the past week, more than four vehicles were stolen in this way, including one belonging to an organisation. It was stolen in front of the Agra Medical Compound, Yousef reported. Militiamen attack men in Nierteti Four men sustained injuries during a road robbery in Central Darfur on Thursday. Pro-government militiamen attacked the men, who were on their way back to Nierteti, from Marwa. Ahmed Mohamed Adam, Mohamed Abaker Osman, Sharaf Ahmed, and Mukhtar Noureldin were beaten heavily, a listener told Radio Dabanga. “As a result, Noureldin got seriously injured. The militiamen, who were riding on camels and horses, robbed the men of SDG1,220 ($211) and some of their properties.” File photo: A child in Shangil Tobaya, North Darfur, 2011 (Albert González Farran/Unamid) Related: Sudan rejects Security Council request to investigate alleged mass rape Tabit (20 November 2014) Darfur rebels attack army as Sudan’s military ops start (12 December 2014) Militiamen provide ‘public transport’ in North Darfur (2 December 2014)

Members of a paramilitary force reportedly attacked two villages near Tabit in North Darfur on Friday. In the state’s capital, the theft of vehicles is on the rise, according to residents.

Witnesses told Radio Dabanga that elements of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in about 60 vehicles attacked Arasho and Tagrar at noon. The villages are located between Shangil Tobaya and Tabit, south of El Fasher. The witnesses could not confirm whether there were casualties, but they reported that residents were beaten during the attacks.

“People fled into different directions, towards Shangil Tobaya and Hillet Ahmed in particular.” The sources confirmed that the RSF troops robbed the villagers of their livestock, money, and other properties.

Carjacking in El Fasher

The theft of vehicles in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, at broad daylight is on the rise, according to residents. They claimed that especially taxis are targeted.

The residents further complained about a water and electricity outage in most parts of the city. Mohamed Kamaleldin Yousef told El Midan newspaper that heavily armed masked men stole his taxi at gunpoint from the front of his house in the Tombasi district on Wednesday evening.

He pointed out that during the past week, more than four vehicles were stolen in this way, including one belonging to an organisation. It was stolen in front of the Agra Medical Compound, Yousef reported.

Militiamen attack men in Nierteti

Four men sustained injuries during a road robbery in Central Darfur on Thursday. Pro-government militiamen attacked the men, who were on their way back to Nierteti, from Marwa. Ahmed Mohamed Adam, Mohamed Abaker Osman, Sharaf Ahmed, and Mukhtar Noureldin were beaten heavily, a listener told Radio Dabanga. “As a result, Noureldin got seriously injured. The militiamen, who were riding on camels and horses, robbed the men of SDG1,220 ($211) and some of their properties.”

File photo: A child in Shangil Tobaya, North Darfur, 2011 (Albert González Farran/Unamid)

Related:

Sudan rejects Security Council request to investigate alleged mass rape Tabit (20 November 2014)

Darfur rebels attack army as Sudan’s military ops start (12 December 2014)

Militiamen provide ‘public transport’ in North Darfur (2 December 2014)