Armed gang ambushes convoy from El Daein; one soldier killed

A member of the Popular Defense Force, Mahadi Juma, was killed when a group of armed robbers clashed with a trade convoy. The incident took place on Wednesday on the road between El Daein and El Santa in the state of South Darfur. Witnesses reported that the convoy came out of El Daein with a number of trucks and was on the way to El Santa when it clashed with the armed gang. Witnesses also stated that the clashes led to the death of Mahadi, a citizen of El Daein’s Mahirona neighborhood. The attackers fled after that to an unknown destination.