Armed robbers shoot motorcyclist in Central Darfur

A resident of Hamidiya camp for the displaced in Zalingei locality, Central Darfur, sustained injuries in an ambush by militiamen on Monday.

“Abbas Ishag Adam had taken his motorcycle, towards sunset, to buy medicines for his sister from a pharmacy in Zalingei. When he reached the tanning site, between El Jasaayir and Hamidiya districts, three militiamen wearing military uniforms intercepted him,” the coordinator of the Central Darfur camps reported to Dabanga.

“The gunmen fired at him, hitting him in the thigh. They then took his motorcycle, and fled.”

He added that Adam was taken to a hospital in Zalingei.