Large militia contingent in Kabkabiya, North Darfur; policeman killed

Large numbers of militia troops are entering Kabkabiya town in North Darfur since Friday. On Monday evening, a policeman was killed by bullets.  “Large numbers of pro-government militiamen in cars and on motorcycles have been arriving in Kabkabiya town since Friday,” multiple sources reported to Radio Dabanga. “They came from the areas of Khor Ramla and Nierteti in Central Darfur.” “They sparked panic among the population. People only leave their homes when really necessary and return immediately after sunset. This does not make a big difference, as the gunmen attack and rob people inside their homes.” The sources urged the authorities and Unamid to deter the militiamen and provide security to the people.Policeman killedA relatives of the deceased told Radio Dabanga that “government-backed militia members” opened fire on policeman Mansour Adam Yahya at 9 pm on Monday. He died instantly. “Yahya was on way from his home in El Jeer district in the north of Kabkabiya to his work at the police station, when gunmen shot him dead, and took his Kalashnikov, his money, and his mobile telephone.”“This incident is the fifth of its kind against policemen in less than three months,” the relative added. File photo: A policeman inspects a cell in a Darfur prison (Albert González Farran/Unamid) Related: ‘Saraf Umra is one big prison’: North Darfur camp coordinator (1 May 2014) Acute fuel shortage in Kabkabiya, North Darfur (3 April 2014) Thousands of newly displaced arrive at North Darfur’s Kabkabiya camps (10 March 2014) Musa Hilal’s militias plunder, burn, take control of North Darfur’s Saraf Omra (9 March 2014)