Three die as Sudanese Air Force bombs car transferring woman in labour

20/11/2013 22:55

A man and two women, one of them in labour, were reportedly killed by a Sudanese Air Force bombardment in North Darfur on Wednesday morning.Relatives told Radio Dabanga that Najwa Bahreldin Musa, who was experiencing complications during childbirth, was taken to the Health Centre of Kokor, 25km northwest of Fanga.After 24 hours in the Health Centre, doctors decided she had to be transferred to the hospital of El Fasher, capital of North Darfur. Her family hired a car from Mirghani Ibrahim Mohamed in Fanga to transport the woman to El Fasher. She was accompanied by Hawaaya Seifeldin Saleh.When the car reached the area between Fanga and El Aradeib El Ashara, at 8:20am, an Antonov bombed it. One bomb fell in front of the car, another behind it and a third one landed directly on the car. All three passengers (as well as Najwa’s unborn infant) died. File photo Related: ‘We do not dare light a cooking fire’: East Jebel Marra residents (19 November 2013)Ongoing air raids on Darfur’s East Jebel Marra kill four, destroy school (18 November 2013)’Sudan Air Force’ drops four bombs in East Jebel Marra (15 November 2013)

A man and two women, one of them in labour, were reportedly killed by a Sudanese Air Force bombardment in North Darfur on Wednesday morning.

Relatives told Radio Dabanga that Najwa Bahreldin Musa, who was experiencing complications during childbirth, was taken to the Health Centre of Kokor, 25km northwest of Fanga.

After 24 hours in the Health Centre, doctors decided she had to be transferred to the hospital of El Fasher, capital of North Darfur.

Her family hired a car from Mirghani Ibrahim Mohamed in Fanga to transport the woman to El Fasher. She was accompanied by Hawaaya Seifeldin Saleh.

When the car reached the area between Fanga and El Aradeib El Ashara, at 8:20am, an Antonov bombed it. One bomb fell in front of the car, another behind it and a third one landed directly on the car. All three passengers (as well as Najwa’s unborn infant) died.

File photo

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‘We do not dare light a cooking fire’: East Jebel Marra residents (19 November 2013)

Ongoing air raids on Darfur’s East Jebel Marra kill four, destroy school (18 November 2013)

‘Sudan Air Force’ drops four bombs in East Jebel Marra (15 November 2013)