{"id":188616,"date":"2012-11-08T01:49:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T01:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/pro-government-gunmen-ambush-women-in-mershing\/"},"modified":"2012-11-08T01:49:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T01:49:00","slug":"pro-government-gunmen-ambush-women-in-mershing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/pro-government-gunmen-ambush-women-in-mershing","title":{"rendered":"Pro-government gunmen ambush women in Mershing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group of displaced women from Mershing camp in South Darfur were allegedly ambushed by pro-government gunmen, on Monday November 5, leaving two of the women seriously injured, witnesses told Radio Dabanga.<\/p>\n<p>One of the witnesses added that the gunmen attacked a group of six women while they were harvesting grain in the area of Kringa, west of Mershing locality. 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Two of them were severely injured and taken to a hospital in Mershing for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The source added that residents registered several complaints with the authorities and the local police regarding the repetitive attacks by gunmen, but no action has been taken yet, the witness added to Radio Dabanga.<\/p>\n<p><!--break--><\/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>A group of displaced women from Mershing camp in South Darfur were allegedly ambushed by pro-government gunmen, on Monday November 5, leaving two of the women seriously injured, witnesses told Radio Dabanga. One of the witnesses added that the gunmen attacked a group of six women while they were harvesting grain in the area of Kringa, west of Mershing locality. The gunmen allegedly attacked the women with the purpose of raping them.\u00a0The women were beaten with rifle butts and whips when they tried to resist, the witness stated. According to local sources, the women were saved by passers-by, adding that the attack injured all six of the women. Two of them were severely injured and taken to a hospital in Mershing for treatment. The source added that residents registered several complaints with the authorities and the local police regarding the repetitive attacks by gunmen, but no action has been taken yet, the witness added to Radio Dabanga.<\/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-188616","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>Pro-government gunmen ambush women in Mershing - 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\/pro-government-gunmen-ambush-women-in-mershing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pro-government gunmen ambush women in Mershing - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A group of displaced women from Mershing camp in South Darfur were allegedly ambushed by pro-government gunmen, on Monday November 5, leaving two of the women seriously injured, witnesses told Radio Dabanga. 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