Daylight bank robbery in South Darfur capital
An group of gunmen robbed a branch of the Nile Bank of SDG130,000 ($22,650) in Nyala, capital of South Darfur on Thursday. Speaking to Radio Dabanga, sources said that at noon prayers, at about 1.10pm, gunmen wearing police uniforms threatened the guard of the bank, located in the industrial area of Nyala. He resisted at first but later surrendered. There were no casualties. The local authorities immediately closed all entrances to the city. The commissioner of Nyala locality, Abdelrahman Hussein Gardoud, said that the security forces managed to follow a trail which may soon lead them to the perpetrators. He added that this incident reveals a lot of “weak points” of the security services. Gardoud explained that the perpetrators carried out the attack using a Honda Accent car with darkened windows. The commissioner stressed that police and security troops are on high alert, pursuing the robbers from all directions. He explained that the security committee of the locality plans to monitor suspicious movements in order to “eliminate repeated crimes and armed gangs”.
An group of gunmen robbed a branch of the Nile Bank of SDG130,000 ($22,650) in Nyala, capital of South Darfur on Thursday.
Speaking to Radio Dabanga, sources said that at noon prayers, at about 1.10pm, gunmen wearing police uniforms threatened the guard of the bank, located in the industrial area of Nyala. He resisted at first but later surrendered.
There were no casualties. The local authorities immediately closed all entrances to the city.
The commissioner of Nyala locality, Abdelrahman Hussein Gardoud, said that the security forces managed to follow a trail which may soon lead them to the perpetrators. He added that this incident reveals a lot of “weak points” of the security services.
Gardoud explained that the perpetrators carried out the attack using a Honda Accent car with darkened windows. The commissioner stressed that police and security troops are on high alert, pursuing the robbers from all directions.
He explained that the security committee of the locality plans to monitor suspicious movements in order to “eliminate repeated crimes and armed gangs”.
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