{"id":185675,"date":"2014-03-18T15:16:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T15:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/north-darfur-governor-downplays-assassination-attempt\/"},"modified":"2014-03-18T15:16:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T15:16:00","slug":"north-darfur-governor-downplays-assassination-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/north-darfur-governor-downplays-assassination-attempt","title":{"rendered":"North Darfur Governor downplays assassination attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Governor of North Darfur has denied being subjected to an assassination attempt in Kuma, the capital of North Darfur\u2019s El Kuma locality, on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation he was leading was fired upon during a clash between Sudanese regular forces at Kuma market after an attempt to hijack a vehicle, North Darfur Governor Osman Yusif Kibir said in a press statement on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The chairman of the parliamentarian Security and Defence Committee, Malik Abdallah Hussein, however, stated that the group that tried to assassinate Kibir was small. \u201cThree gunmen managed to penetrate into the locality\u2019s facilities where the Governor had a meeting. They clashed with the guards and fled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mohamed Suleiman Rabih, the Commissioner of El Kuma locality confirmed in a press statement that the attack was carried out by an unidentified group while the Kibir was chairing a meeting at the locality\u2019s premises on Saturday. \u201cOne of the Governor\u2019s personal guards was killed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>File photo: Security forces at a bus station in Darfur<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Related:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/69086\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Governor in Sudan&#8217;s Darfur survives ambush: source<\/a> (17 March 2014)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/69020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Darfur Governor survives assassination attempt<\/a>&nbsp;(16 March 2014)<!--break--><em><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sws_supernormalaction\"><button on=\"tap:superwebshare-lightbox\" class=\"superwebshare_normal_button1 superwebshare-button-large superwebshare-button-square superwebshare_prompt superwebshare_button_svg\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color: #d52631;\" ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"superwebshare-svg\"  fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M789.86,323.67c91.79,0,164.25-72.46,164.25-164.25S881.64,0,789.86,0S625.6,72.46,625.6,164.25c0,4.83,0,14.49,0,24.15L306.76,371.98c-24.15-24.15-57.97-33.82-96.62-33.82c-91.79,0-164.25,72.46-164.25,164.25s72.46,164.25,164.25,164.25c38.65,0,72.46-14.49,96.62-33.82L625.6,821.26c0,9.66,0,14.49,0,19.32c0,86.96,72.46,159.42,159.42,159.42s159.42-72.46,159.42-159.42s-67.63-159.42-154.59-159.42c-33.82,0-67.63,9.66-96.62,33.82L374.4,526.57c0-9.66,0-19.32,0-24.15s0-14.49,0-24.15l318.84-188.41C717.39,314.01,751.21,323.67,789.86,323.67z\" \/><\/svg><span>Share article<\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Governor of North Darfur has denied being subjected to an assassination attempt in Kuma, the capital of North Darfur\u2019s El Kuma locality, on Saturday. The delegation he was leading was fired upon during a clash between Sudanese regular forces at Kuma market after an attempt to hijack a vehicle, North Darfur Governor Osman Yusif Kibir said in a press statement on Monday. The chairman of the parliamentarian Security and Defence Committee, Malik Abdallah Hussein, however, stated that the group that tried to assassinate Kibir was small. \u201cThree gunmen managed to penetrate into the locality\u2019s facilities where the Governor had a meeting. They clashed with the guards and fled.\u201d Mohamed Suleiman Rabih, the Commissioner of El Kuma locality confirmed in a press statement that the attack was carried out by an unidentified group while the Kibir was chairing a meeting at the locality\u2019s premises on Saturday. \u201cOne of the Governor\u2019s personal guards was killed.\u201d File photo: Security forces at a bus station in Darfur Related:Governor in Sudan&#8217;s Darfur survives ambush: source (17 March 2014) North Darfur Governor survives assassination attempt\u00a0(16 March 2014)<\/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-185675","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>North Darfur Governor downplays assassination attempt - 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\/north-darfur-governor-downplays-assassination-attempt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"North Darfur Governor downplays assassination attempt - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Governor of North Darfur has denied being subjected to an assassination attempt in Kuma, the capital of North Darfur\u2019s El Kuma locality, on Saturday. 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