{"id":185435,"date":"2014-04-20T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-20T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/oil-engineers-abducted-in-sudan-s-west-kordofan\/"},"modified":"2014-04-20T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-20T23:00:00","slug":"oil-engineers-abducted-in-sudan-s-west-kordofan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/oil-engineers-abducted-in-sudan-s-west-kordofan","title":{"rendered":"Oil engineers abducted in Sudan\u2019s West Kordofan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An as yet unidentified armed group has killed five government troops, injured several others, and kidnapped eight oil engineers at Kanar oilfield between Muglad and El Heglig in West Kordofan on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Sources told Radio Dabanga that those abducted include three foreigners: two Chinese and one Algerian. The attackers reportedly also stole a vehicle mounted with a <em>Dushka<\/em> 50 cal machinegun.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) spokesman Col. El Sawarmi Khaled Saad said: \u201cThe security force was not big in number, so during the clashes about two of them were killed on the spot by the assailants. Three oil workers were abducted: One Sudanese, one Chinese and one Algerian,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Col. Saad affirmed that the government is pursuing the kidnappers to recover the abducted oil workers.<\/p>\n<p>Independent sources confirmed to Radio Dabanga that the attack was carried out by armed men in three vehicles, led by a person named Hashim. 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Sources told Radio Dabanga that those abducted include three foreigners: two Chinese and one Algerian. The attackers reportedly also stole a vehicle mounted with a Dushka 50 cal machinegun. In a statement, Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) spokesman Col. El Sawarmi Khaled Saad said: \u201cThe security force was not big in number, so during the clashes about two of them were killed on the spot by the assailants. Three oil workers were abducted: One Sudanese, one Chinese and one Algerian,\u201d he said. Col. Saad affirmed that the government is pursuing the kidnappers to recover the abducted oil workers. Independent sources confirmed to Radio Dabanga that the attack was carried out by armed men in three vehicles, led by a person named Hashim. The rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), which is active in the area, has denied any involvement. File photo: Russian-made belt-fed DSHK (Dushka = \u2018little darling\u2019) 50 cal machine guns mounted on Land Cruisers (Wiki Commons)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Oil engineers abducted in Sudan\u2019s West Kordofan - Dabanga Radio TV Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/oil-engineers-abducted-in-sudan-s-west-kordofan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Oil engineers abducted in Sudan\u2019s West Kordofan - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An as yet unidentified armed group has killed five government troops, injured several others, and kidnapped eight oil engineers at Kanar oilfield between Muglad and El Heglig in West Kordofan on Saturday morning. 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