Crimes committed by militia in Saak-Alnaam, say witnesses

Various crimes have been committed last week by local militia in the city of Saak-Alnaam, South-East of El-Fasher, according to several witnesses. The soldiers apparently stormed into the local boys’ and girls’ schools, where they raped and beat a number of teachers and students. “They also took their belongings and looted the property” reported the escapees, who walked for two days in order to reach El-Fasher, where they talked with Radio Dabanga. After the raid, the militia reportedly arrested the directors of both establishments, and put them to death in front of the school population. The pupils and their teachers where then screened and abused according to their ethnicity.