Govt-backed militia rapes minors in Darfur

Three girls in Garsila and another in Kas were gang raped in two separate incidents

Three minor girls in Garsila and another in Kas were gang raped by government-backed militia wearing military uniforms in two separate incidents on Sunday, sources told Radio Dabanga. While the three girls in Mando area of West Darfur were aged between 14 and 17 years of age, the victim in Kas, South Darfur was 16 years old.

A relative of the three teenage girls in Mando told Radio Dabanga, “An armed group wearing military uniforms intercepted the three girls who were on their way from the village to collect firewood. They then arrested them and raped them for an entire day.” The girls weren’t released until the next day.

A relative of the 16-year-old victim in Kas also stated that the six gunmen who attacked the girl were wearing military uniforms. “Four of them were riding on camels and two others on horses. The girl was with her mother on her way back from the farm to the village,” the relative told Radio Dabanga.

It was then that the armed group intercepted them and arrested them. The group took turns to rape her for the next 12 hours and also beat the girl’s mother.