‘Sudan Air Force bombing’ leaves eight-year-old girl dead

26/05/2013 23:11

An eight-year-old girl, Dar al Salam Omer, was killed on Saturday when a “Sudan Air Force (SAF) Antonov” bombed the village of Simo, about 30 kilometres west of Vanaga in East Jebel Marra. Witnesses from East Jebel Marra told Radio Dabanga that the Antonov bombed the village of Simo on Saturday at approximately 2.00 pm. Dar al Salam, was hit by shrapnel. The witnesses also blame the deaths of several more children on “the remnants of the on-going bombing”, which have been occurring since 28 January. Several children have died as a result of “diarrhoea and swelling of the body” in the area of Simo, Tornaga, Hillat Abkar, Gurun Bay, Al Mashro, Doboa, Kenjara and Sharfa; all East, South and North Jebel Marra. They added that the displaced people in these areas “have not received any humanitarian aid” and that they “hold Unamid responsible for the lack of aid being delivered to them”.File photo

An eight-year-old girl, Dar al Salam Omer, was killed on Saturday when a “Sudan Air Force (SAF) Antonov” bombed the village of Simo, about 30 kilometres west of Vanaga in East Jebel Marra.

Witnesses from East Jebel Marra told Radio Dabanga that the Antonov bombed the village of Simo on Saturday at approximately 2.00 pm. Dar al Salam, was hit by shrapnel.

The witnesses also blame the deaths of several more children on “the remnants of the on-going bombing”, which have been occurring since 28 January. Several children have died as a result of “diarrhoea and swelling of the body” in the area of Simo, Tornaga, Hillat Abkar, Gurun Bay, Al Mashro, Doboa, Kenjara and Sharfa; all East, South and North Jebel Marra.

They added that the displaced people in these areas “have not received any humanitarian aid” and that they “hold Unamid responsible for the lack of aid being delivered to them”.

File photo