‘Abu Tira forces loot refugees’

Witnesses say all the purchases they made in preparation of Eid al-Adha were taken awayA group of central reserve police, better known as Abu Tira, personnel looted refugees near North Darfur’s Zamzam camp on Thursday, sources told Radio Dabanga.Abu Tira officers allegedly stole mobile phones and goods purchased by the refugees at the market in Zamzam. Refugees were shopping in preparation for Sunday’s Eid al-Adha festival.A witness from the camp told Radio Dabanga, “Abu Tira forces stopped and arrested large numbers of people in the middle of the street when they were returning home from shopping in the market.”He added that the forces then took over expensive purchases made by refugees as well as their mobile phones. “A vehicle with Abu Tira personnel drove in and took all their belongings,” the witness said.An activist in the camp demanded that all Abu Tira personnel be withdrawn from the camps and replaced by the Sudanese police force would would in turn investigate the Abut Tira excesses.