SPLM-N kills 15 Sudanese troops in Abu Karshola, South Kordofan

The Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLM-N) forces, part of the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), allegedly killed 15 Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) troops in the area of Abu Karshola, South Kordofan, near the border of North Kordofan on Thursday afternoon. A SRF colonel told Radio Dabanga on Friday that their forces destroyed a battalion of government forces. He said that they have killed 15 and wounded two SAF troops while the rest of the battalion escaped. The rebels also seized a tank (T-55), various cannons, a water tanker and a tractor. File photo (by Albert Gonzalez Farran/Unamid) Related: Sudan rebel attack on Abu Karshola ‘kills 30 SAF, downs chopper’ – Bashir fails to show (31 May 2013)

The Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLM-N) forces, part of the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), allegedly killed 15 Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) troops in the area of Abu Karshola, South Kordofan, near the border of North Kordofan on Thursday afternoon.

A SRF colonel told Radio Dabanga on Friday that their forces destroyed a battalion of government forces. He said that they have killed 15 and wounded two SAF troops while the rest of the battalion escaped. The rebels also seized a tank (T-55), various cannons, a water tanker and a tractor.

File photo (by Albert Gonzalez Farran/Unamid)

Related: Sudan rebel attack on Abu Karshola ‘kills 30 SAF, downs chopper’ – Bashir fails to show (31 May 2013)