Continued bombing in South Kordofan kills six; rebels shell Kadugli in response
At least six people were reportedly killed and 18 injured in Kujurya village, Delling locality, in South Kordofan. Speaking to Radio Dabanga, Sultan Khamis Soba reported that the Sudanese Air Force has been bombing the region ever day since from 14 November. “The air raids start at 6am and continue until 4am the next day.” The Sultan said that the continuous intense bombardments “made the lives of the people in the region hell. The situation has become catastrophic.” Soba reported that the air raids killed six people, three of them from one family, and wounded 18 others, besides destroying houses and farms. Dozens of cattle were killed. More than 2,700 people became displaced. The six people killed are Toma Kody Kola, Omar Kody Kola, the wife of Khartoum Kody Kola, Jim Abu Shook, Babakar Hassan, and Ahmed Bagad.KadugliForces of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) on Tuesday shelled military sites in Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan. The spokesperson for the SPLM-N, Arnu Ngutulu Lodi, told Radio Dabanga that the missiles targeted sites of the Sudan Armed Forces Forces in Kadugli. “The shelling is a response to the aerial bombardments killing civilians in Buram and Kujuriya.” Ali El Faki, the governor of South Kordofan State announced that the SPLM-N missile attack on Kadugli was not aimed “at any military site”, but targeted houses of civilians, killing two people and wounding four others. The Manar basic school in the Hajar El Mak neighbourhood in the eastern part of the city was damaged too.Lodi strongly denied that the SPLM-N shelling on 19 November targeted the population. “It’s the government forces that are using civilians as a human shield.” Lodi stressed that the shelling on military sites in Kadugli will continue and in other cities too, “as long as Antonov and Sukhoi fighter jets of the government continue to bomb civilians, day and night”. The SPLM-N spokesperson renewed his appeal to the residents of Kadugli and other areas in South Kordofan “to stay away from military sites and places where militias are operating”. File photo: Burning fodder in Kauda, South Kordofan, after an air raid in February 2013 (Radio Tamazuj) Related: Children die as Sudanese Air Force bombs Buram, South Kordofan (18 November 2013)
At least six people were reportedly killed and 18 injured in Kujurya village, Delling locality, in South Kordofan.
Speaking to Radio Dabanga, Sultan Khamis Soba reported that the Sudanese Air Force has been bombing the region ever day since from 14 November. “The air raids start at 6am and continue until 4am the next day.”
The Sultan said that the continuous intense bombardments “made the lives of the people in the region hell. The situation has become catastrophic.”
Soba reported that the air raids killed six people, three of them from one family, and wounded 18 others, besides destroying houses and farms. Dozens of cattle were killed. More than 2,700 people became displaced.
The six people killed are Toma Kody Kola, Omar Kody Kola, the wife of Khartoum Kody Kola, Jim Abu Shook, Babakar Hassan, and Ahmed Bagad.
Kadugli
Forces of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) on Tuesday shelled military sites in Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan.
The spokesperson for the SPLM-N, Arnu Ngutulu Lodi, told Radio Dabanga that the missiles targeted sites of the Sudan Armed Forces Forces in Kadugli. “The shelling is a response to the aerial bombardments killing civilians in Buram and Kujuriya.”
Ali El Faki, the governor of South Kordofan State announced that the SPLM-N missile attack on Kadugli was not aimed “at any military site”, but targeted houses of civilians, killing two people and wounding four others. The Manar basic school in the Hajar El Mak neighbourhood in the eastern part of the city was damaged too.
Lodi strongly denied that the SPLM-N shelling on 19 November targeted the population. “It’s the government forces that are using civilians as a human shield.”
Lodi stressed that the shelling on military sites in Kadugli will continue and in other cities too, “as long as Antonov and Sukhoi fighter jets of the government continue to bomb civilians, day and night”.
The SPLM-N spokesperson renewed his appeal to the residents of Kadugli and other areas in South Kordofan “to stay away from military sites and places where militias are operating”.
File photo: Burning fodder in Kauda, South Kordofan, after an air raid in February 2013 (Radio Tamazuj)
Related: Children die as Sudanese Air Force bombs Buram, South Kordofan (18 November 2013)
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