{"id":184945,"date":"2014-06-25T13:26:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T13:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/sheikh-abducted-people-robbed-vehicles-ambushed-in-darfur\/"},"modified":"2014-06-25T13:26:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T13:26:00","slug":"sheikh-abducted-people-robbed-vehicles-ambushed-in-darfur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/sheikh-abducted-people-robbed-vehicles-ambushed-in-darfur","title":{"rendered":"Sheikh abducted, people robbed, vehicles ambushed in Darfur"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elements of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces abducted a village sheikh and a policeman in Nierteti locality, Central Darfur, on Tuesday. A school student and a citizen were robbed in the locality on Sunday. On Sunday and Monday, a man was killed, and three people were injured in ambushes in North Darfur. <\/p>\n

Speaking to Radio Dabanga, a villager from Girnei, 8km north of Nierteti town, reported that \u201cRapid Support militiamen on Tuesday kidnapped the sheikh of Girnei, El Nur Hussein Osman, and a policeman, in front of the village\u2019s police post. They were taken to an unknown destination.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robbery<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cA group of government-backed gunmen on Sunday robbed Khalid Ibrahim, secondary school student, and Mohamed Ismail Mohamed at gunpoint, in Wadi Kirji, when they were returning from the Nierteti market. The gunmen fired into the air before robbing Ibrahim of SDG700 ($122), and Mohamed of SDG1,500 ($262)\u201c, a witness from Nierteti told Radio Dabanga.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese Janjaweed<\/em> are continuously terrorising citizens in Wadi Kirji,\u201d the source explained.<\/p>\n

Ambushes<\/strong><\/p>\n

One man died and another was injured on Sunday when a Land Cruiser overturned in an attempt to escape an ambush in the area of Meleisa, Saraf Umra locality in North Darfur.<\/p>\n

One of the passengers told Radio Dabanga that two gunmen riding a motorcycle intended to intercept a commercial Land Cruiser en route from Meleisa to Korgul market. \u201cThe driver tried to avoid the gunmen which resulted in the vehicle\u2019s overturn. Mohamed Ishag died instantly, and Adam Mohamed Ibrahim had to be transferred to a hospital in serious condition.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Monday, two passengers of a commercial Land Cruiser were hit by bullets, when two militiamen tried to stop the vehicle coming from the Tawila market in North Darfur. \u201cMaryam Hassan Abdel Karim and Mubarak Mohamed Hassan were injured on Monday afternoon, when two militiamen on horseback opened fire on the vehicle, in an attempt to stop it\u201d, one of the passengers told Radio Dabanga. \u201cBoth were transferred to El Fasher hospital for treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n

File photo: A militiaman in Darfur, 2008 (Andrew Carter)<\/em><\/p>\n

Related:<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>Villagers abducted for ransom in West Darfur<\/a> (24 June 2014)<\/p>\n

Hotelier kidnapped in South Darfur capital<\/a> (23 June 2014) <\/em><\/p>\n