Abductions, killings, accidents in South Darfur

In Sifir village, east of Bileil, South Darfur, unknown gunmen have allegedly abducted three citizens. A relative of the abductees informed Radio Dabanga that on Thursday evening militiamen riding camels and horses at gunpoint abducted three citizens who were on their way back to their village after shopping in Bileil. The three men have been taken to an unknown destination.Their relative appealed to the kidnappers via Radio Dabanga to release the abducted men out of compassion with their families and loved ones who are extremely worried. The abducted are Ibrahim Hussein Ishaq (45), Abdulrahman Mohamed Adam (35), and Mahmoud Jibril Ahmed (25). In Rahad El Berdi locality, South Darfur, two people were killed and nine others injured by gunshots fired into the air on the occasion of a wedding. The wounded have been transferred to the Nyala teaching hospital for treatment. In another accident, a car hit an 11 year-old boy in Dumma, Mershing locality. The driver of the car has been arrested in Nyala. A person was found dead, with his legs severed, hidden in a basket near El Masani neighbourhood, east Nyala locality. File photo Related: Market trader abducted in Nyala, South Darfur (5 September 2013)