{"id":177459,"date":"2017-10-09T11:12:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T11:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/boy-loses-fingers-in-south-darfur-ammo-blast\/"},"modified":"2017-10-09T11:12:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T11:12:00","slug":"boy-loses-fingers-in-south-darfur-ammo-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/boy-loses-fingers-in-south-darfur-ammo-blast","title":{"rendered":"Boy loses fingers in South Darfur ammo blast"},"content":{"rendered":"

A boy was injured when a piece of unexploded ordnance (UXO) detonated in the South Darfur capital of Nyala on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking to Radio Dabanga, an eyewitness reported that the boy had crept into the abandoned arms and ammunition stores of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Nyala.<\/p>\n

“The child found a strange object. When he tried to extract the copper wires from the thing, it exploded and amputated his fingers,” he said.<\/p>\n

The source added that the boy, who also sustained a head wound, was immediately taken to the Nyala Teaching Hospital.<\/p>\n

On 21 May, a huge explosion<\/a> at the largest arms and ammunition storage building in Nyala caused great panic among the residents of the city. Dozens of missiles were blown over distances, killing a 20-year-old man in his home amid reports of several more deaths and wounded by shells landing in different places in the city.<\/p>\n

The South Darfur Information Minister said the explosion was caused by “the intense heat”.<\/p>\n

According to the opposition Revolutionary Awakening Council (RAC), led by former janjaweed <\/em>leader Musa Hilal, new RSF arms stores have been built in Um El Gura<\/a> in South Darfur’s Mershing locality. <\/p>\n