One dead, four injured in attack on South Darfur police post

A policeman was shot dead on Monday, and four others were injured in an attack by militiamen on the police post of El Salam camp for the displaced in South Darfur. Sheikh Mahjoub Adam Tabaldiya, sheikh of the El Salam camp, told Radio Dabanga that on Monday at about 12am “government-backed militiamen” wearing military uniforms approached the camp in two Land Cruisers mounted with Dushka machineguns. They opened fire at the police post, located in the north-western part of the camp. One policeman died immediately, three others were wounded, as well as camp resident Abdel Rahman Abdel Moula (47). Tabaldiya added that the gunfire led to the burning of two houses and six shops at the camp market. The losses, which he described as “huge”, are still to be inventoried. According to the “Sudan Media Center”, the South Darfur State authorities stated that two policemen were killed, three others were wounded, and one policeman was abducted. The head of the police of South Darfur State, Maj. Gen. Ahmed Osman Mohamed Kheir accused elements of the Sudan Liberation Movement, led by Minni Minawi, who, he stated, arrived in a Land cruiser at 11am to El Salam camp, and attacked the police post. File photo