One dead, seven wounded in armed robberies in Darfur

Gunmen shot dead a displaced man, and wounded three others, in an armed robbery in Saraf Umra locality, North Darfur, on Saturday. On the same day, militiamen assaulted two herders in Sirba locality, West Darfur. Two livestock owners were injured during a cattle theft in North Darfur on Friday.

The coordinator of the Saraf Umra camps told Dabanga that the victims were working in a brick factory, located south of the Dankoj camp for the displaced.

“A group of gunmen stormed the place, and opened fire on Abakar Hamed when he refused to hand them his mobile phone. He died instantly. Dankoj camp residents Fatima Hassan Ibrahim, Abdallah Abakar Yahya, and Hassan Mohamed Hassan, were injured in the shooting,” he said.

The camp coordinator added that 25 cows were stolen from Dankoj camp residents on the same day.

A displaced herder of the Saraf Jidad camp in West Darfur was stabbed, and another herder beaten, on Saturday, by armed robbers, who stole 35 cows of the herd belonging to the camp residents.

On Friday, gunmen on camels stole 85 cows from a grazing area, located 15 km north of Tukumari in North Darfur.

“When we protested, the gunmen beat and whipped us severely,” one of the cattle owners told Dabanga. “Mustafa Khater sustained several wounds, and Abdelrahman Daly a broken leg. They were taken to El Fasher Teaching Hospital for treatment.”