‘Air raid residue’ kills four children in Darfur’s East Jebel Marra

Four children were reportedly killed on Friday in the Dubbo Al Omda area in Darfur’s East Jebel Marra when a bomb dropped during an alleged Sudanse Air Force raid on Thursday, exploded while they were watering their camels. Witnesses told Radio Dabanga that Antonov aircraft bombed the area on Thursday. They said that Samani Yaqoub Saleh (9), Bahradin Musa Sakin (12), Hawaa Haroun Musa (8), and Omar Ajap Mohamed (15) died when one of the unexploded bombs went off. The explosion also killed 37 camels. As previously reported by Radio Dabanga, at least seven people, including four children, are reported to have died in renewed air raids, allegedly by the Sudanese Air Force, in Darfur’s East Jebel Marra on Thursday. Several witnesses fleeing the area told Radio Dabanga that the vicinities of Kined and Silo in Shangil Tobay administrative unit, as well as and villages of Kunjara, Sharaf, Tirbo, and Vanaga, were affected. Looting Separately in East Jebel Marra, “pro-government militiamen” have allegedly looted 63 sheep and goats from Dawa village. A witness told Radio Dabanga that the militiamen, riding camels and horses, attacked at about 12pm on Thursday, fired their weapons into the air. After rustling the 63 livestock, the militiamen reportedly fled eastward. The source said that while residents tracked the thieves all day, the trackers returned on Friday evening without apprehend the perpetrators. File photo by Albert González Farran/Unamid)Related: ‘At least seven dead in Darfur air raid’: herdsman (5 September 2013)‘Several dead and injured in Darfur air raid’: witnesses (3 September 2013)Air sorties ‘traumatising Darfur’s East Jebel Marra’: witnesses (22 August 2013)