Nine of ten abducted citizens released on Friday in Central Darfur state

Nine out of a group of ten abducted people were released on Friday in central Darfur. A group of armed government loyalists had abducted ten citizens, a witness tells Radio Dabanga. The citizens were on their way by donkey from Korgei to Niertete in Central Darfur State when they were abducted on Thursday.

Nine out of a group of ten abducted people were released on Friday in central Darfur. A group of armed government loyalists had abducted ten citizens, a witness tells Radio Dabanga. The citizens were on their way by donkey from Korgei to Niertete in Central Darfur State when they were abducted on Thursday. The group of armed men were riding camels and horses. On Friday the armed gunmen released nine of them after beating them and confiscating their personal belongings. One of them managed to escape.

In a separate report, the house of Harun Adam Mohammed, in the IDP camp Hassa Heissa, was raided by a group of armed men on Wednesday. A sheikh of the camp tells Radio Dabanga the man was held at gunpoint whilst being robbed of 7 thousand Sudanese Pounds, beds, mattresses and a television. The assailants fled to an unknown destination.