Attack on farmers in Yassin District, S. Darfur

An armed group killed three killed and captured four others in an attack it launched on farmers from the Bigo tribe in the area of Rijeila in Yassin district in South Darfur last Wednesday. A source said that the armed group opened fire at the farmers in the area when the farmers started preparing their farms for the rainy season, which led to the killing of three people and the capturing of four other before they were released when the government forces arrived to the scene.

The source said that the two sides had a fight over the ownership of the land which prompted the armed group to open fire on the people of Bigo.

After the attack, the counseling of cooperation of the Bigo tribe sat with the governor of the state, Dr. Abdul Hamid Musa Kasha, and demanded that he interfere to solve the issue and implement the necessary procedures to avoid the problem from escalating.