Merchants and commercial vehicle owners set alight a station housing border guards in El Daein, South Darfur, to protest against the detention of 89 commercial vehicles loaded with goods on the way to South Sudan.<\/p>\n
A trader told Radio Dabanga that the vehicles were carrying batteries and other mechanical parts across Bahr Al Ghazal, as security authorities seized them.<\/p>\n
He said they were demanding the release of the vehicles, and as Saturday approached without a solution, traders took to burning down posts of the border guards and shutting down the main street leading to El Daein\u2019s market.<\/p>\n
The police responded with tear gas and batons, and arrested seven vehicle owners in the demonstration.<\/p>\n
The police chief of El Daein, played down the size of demonstrations.<\/p>\n
In a press statement the chief said the city was experiencing calm conditions.<\/p>\n
He said the vehicles had been traveling towards the south carrying strategic goods, when authorities detected them, and prevented them from passing through the area.<\/p>\n