{"id":187366,"date":"2013-06-26T10:53:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T10:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/sla-mm-rebels-kill-seven-sudan-troops-in-north-darfur-battle\/"},"modified":"2013-06-26T10:53:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T10:53:00","slug":"sla-mm-rebels-kill-seven-sudan-troops-in-north-darfur-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/sla-mm-rebels-kill-seven-sudan-troops-in-north-darfur-battle","title":{"rendered":"SLA-MM rebels ‘kill seven Sudan troops’ in North Darfur battle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Members of the Sudan Liberation Army-Minni Minawi (SLA-MM) claim to have killed seven soldiers of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) during a battle on Tuesday in North Darfur.<\/p>\n

SLA-MM spokesman Adam Saleh Abkar said the clashes took place at 12:00pm in the Birka area, near El Fasher and Tawila. Rebels are said to have also seized four Land Cruisers mounted with Dushkas.<\/p>\n

Abkar told Radio Dabanga the SAF, driving 27 Land Cruisers, attacked the SLA-MM. “Our forces chased the government forces to their camp in Abuzara, 12km from El Fasher,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

The spokesman called upon civilians to stay away from places where SAF and militias are present, as they \u201cbecame a legitimate target\u201d of the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe SRF is now implementing the Plan B, which will definitely be ‘unpleasant’ for the government,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n

SRF is a coalition of rebel forces recruiting primarily in Darfur and Kordofan. Their goal is to topple the Khartoum regime \u201cby all means\u201d.<\/p>\n

Radio Dabanga was not able to independently verify these reports. <\/p>\n

File photo<\/em><\/p>\n

Related:<\/em> ‘Sudan presidential aide\u2019s speech shows frustration’: SLM leader<\/a> (16 June 2013)<\/p>\n