Five killed, more than 24 injured in Central Darfur bus attack
Five people were killed and more than 24 injured in an attack by militiamen on a bus en route from Nyala to Zalingei on Thursday afternoon. An eyewitness told Radio Dabanga that in the area of Tur, militiamen on camels and horses opened fire on a bus belonging to Abu Salah Travel en route from Nyala, the capital of South Darfur to Zalingei, the capital of Central Darfur. The heavy fire caused the bus to overturn, killing Suad Hassan from Zalingei, Adam Omar, a student at the University of Zalingei, and three others. More than 24 passengers were injured. Eight of them were transferred to the hospital of Tor, 16 to the hospital of Nierteti and others to the hospital of Kass. The witness added of that of the injured transferred to the hospital of Nierteti, 10 have bullet wounds and are in a critical condition. Four of them are in coma. File photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran/Unamid
Five people were killed and more than 24 injured in an attack by militiamen on a bus en route from Nyala to Zalingei on Thursday afternoon.
An eyewitness told Radio Dabanga that in the area of Tur, militiamen on camels and horses opened fire on a bus belonging to Abu Salah Travel en route from Nyala, the capital of South Darfur to Zalingei, the capital of Central Darfur.
The heavy fire caused the bus to overturn, killing Suad Hassan from Zalingei, Adam Omar, a student at the University of Zalingei, and three others. More than 24 passengers were injured. Eight of them were transferred to the hospital of Tor, 16 to the hospital of Nierteti and others to the hospital of Kass.
The witness added of that of the injured transferred to the hospital of Nierteti, 10 have bullet wounds and are in a critical condition. Four of them are in coma.
File photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran/Unamid
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