Darfur: Merchant killed, another freed from kidnappers

A merchant travelling to Chad was killed by gunmen west of Foro Baranga on Sunday. Yesterday a store owner who was kidnapped by militiamen from El Fasher returned home.

Merchant Mohamed Adam Ibrahim was shot on his motorcycle by gunmen in Anjokti, west of Foro Baranga in West Darfur. Ibrahim was on his way to Um Dresa in Chad in the afternoon.

One of his relatives told Radio Dabanga that the attackers stripped his dead body of the gold detector and money he carried, and stole his motorcycle.

In North Darfur, merchant Ibrahim Abdallah Osman returned to his house in El Gadi district of El Fasher on Monday. He had been abducted by gunmen since last Thursday.

The grocery store owner arrived without his vehicle, in which he was abducted. It is not yet clear whether his release came after the payment of ransom or not, a resident in the area reported.

Cattle theft

About 150 sheep and goats were stolen at gunpoint in Disa, north of Kutum in North Darfur, over the weekend, a listener reported.

Witnesses said that armed men, driving a Land Cruiser, assaulted herder Abdallah Saleh who was taking livestock to graze at Disa. The perpetrators seized the animals and headed to Amo, southeast of Disa.