{"id":188196,"date":"2013-01-27T23:20:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T23:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/gunmen-beat-and-loot-18-passengers-by-n-darfur-road\/"},"modified":"2013-01-27T23:20:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-27T23:20:00","slug":"gunmen-beat-and-loot-18-passengers-by-n-darfur-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/gunmen-beat-and-loot-18-passengers-by-n-darfur-road","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen beat and loot 18 passengers by N. Darfur road"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gunmen beat and looted a group of eighteen passengers at the Les Kineh area in Tawila locality, North Darfur, on Sunday, 27 January. Eight of the passengers suffered severe head injuries.<\/p>\n

The omda of the Rwanda Camp in Tawila, one of the victims, told Radio Dabanga the armed group is led by a \u201chistorical leader\u201d called Osman Mohamed Ibrahim. <\/p>\n

He has reportedly signed an internal peace agreement with the government of North Darfur last year.<\/p>\n

Omda Moussa Muhtar Bosh said the perpetrators intercepted the civilian truck, traveling from Tawila to Nyala, at about 8:00am and \u201cimmediately began physically threatening the passengers\u201d. <\/p>\n

The militiamen, \u201cdriving heavily armed vehicles mounted with Dushkas\u201d, stole 93 million Sudanese pounds belonging to the eight injured passengers and 18 mobile phones.<\/p>\n

Bosh recounted the money was hidden in sacks filled with sorghum and chewing tobacco, which the militiamen \u201cthrew all over the ground\u201d.   <\/p>\n

As it appears, the militia has been stationed on the area for three months now, around the Tarne area, and they continue to loot vehicles and passengers.<\/p>\n

The targeted roads are the ones connecting Tawila to El-Fasher, Tawila to Nyala and Tawila to Tabet.<\/p>\n

These gunmen have become \u201ca source of horror and concern for citizens\u201d, Bosh pointed out. He appealed to authorities to stop the militia and bring them to justice.<\/p>\n

Please note that the group who carried out the attacks above is not the same as the one stationed in Tabet, North Darfur, who raped and looted<\/a> civilians also on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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