Bombings kill pregnant woman

Heavy shelling in East Jebel Marra, North Darfur, killed one woman and left another two girls injured, Radio Dabanga has learned on Thursday, 1 November. According to a witness, the seven-month pregnant woman Aisha Adam Ahmed died on Thursday in the El-Fasher teaching hospital after an Antonov airplane bombed the village of Sindika, on Wednesday evening. In addition, another two girls got injured: Suhaibah Mahmoud, seven years old and Halima Moussa Adam, 17 years old. A witness told Radio Dabanga that the shelling in East Jebel Marra targeted the following areas: Hashaba, Kouto, Dali, Toko Mari and Karafola and Sindika. He said that in addition 45 livestock were also killed and large farming areas were burned due to the bombings. The three victims had reportedly been transferred to Tabet hospital and then to El-Fasher hospital on Thursday, where the two girls remain. Sources appealed to humanitarian organizations to visit the victims in the El-Fasher hospital and provide them assistance.Related content: Aerial bombardments East Jebel Marra continue (31 October 2012)