{"id":179608,"date":"2016-10-07T19:27:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T19:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/hail-of-gunfire-in-north-darfur-highway-robbery\/"},"modified":"2016-10-07T19:27:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T19:27:00","slug":"hail-of-gunfire-in-north-darfur-highway-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/hail-of-gunfire-in-north-darfur-highway-robbery","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hail of gunfire\u2019 in North Darfur highway robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Armed militiamen reportedly fired &ldquo;a hail of gunfire&rdquo; into the air to stop a commercial vehicle in North Darfur on Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the passengers said that the vehicle was transporting displaced people and their wares from Zamzam camp, near to the state capital of El Fasher, to the weekly Friday market at Vanaga.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The militiamen forced the driver to stop, and then stripped all the passengers of their valuables, wares, cash, and mobile phones.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Convoy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Highway robbery by armed militiamen is a common occurrence across Darfur. 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