Labado family split-up during flight in East Darfur

Ever since he and his family fled an attack by armed militiamen on Labado, East Darfur, more than a month ago, Abdul Aziz Tahir Juma Jadain has not been able to locate has wife and four of his sons. Jadain, who currently lives at El Neem camp in Ed Daein, the state capital, told Radio Dabanga on Friday that he and his family fled with a group of people. “Armed militiamen attacked Labado from Land Cruisers and camels, opened fire on civilians. They then pillaged shops and houses, loading their loot into the vehicles.” Jadain says that he and his family fled without any belongings. “During my escape, a militiaman riding a camel was hunting me down, but I managed to evade him. I then located two of my sons, but they did not know what had become of my wife and four other sons.” Jadain searched for them without success. He then decided to search in Ed Daein where most those who fled went. He was “lucky” that he and his children got a lift to the camp on a cart, but his search has still be fruitless, he said. Jadain appealed to anyone who knows the whereabouts of his wife and remaining sons to contact him via Radio Dabanga. File photo: A newly-displaced Darfur woman with her children (Albert González Farran/Unamid)Related: Pro-government militia ‘kill 18 civilians’ in Muhajeriya and Labado, East Darfur (21 April 2013)Labado in Darfur taken by Sudan army and allied militias (16 April 2013)