‘Rebels killed 23 government troops in North Darfur’: citizens
The number of government troops killed in an attack on a military convoy in North Darfur on Thursday has risen to 23. Speaking to Radio Dabanga, residents of Shangil Tobaya and Abu Rizeiga in North Darfur confirmed that joint rebel forces of Taher Hajar’s Liberation Movement for Justice (LMJ-TH) and Minni Minawi’s Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM-MM) attacked a military convoy in the area of Jebel Hireiz on Thursday afternoon. They said that 23 government troops had been killed. “A government convoy of 75 vehicles, backed by tanks, arrived at the battlefield on Friday. They raised the bodies, and combed the area in search for missing troops and deserters. Heavy reconnaissance flights were carried out by the Sudanese Air Force in the area and parts of East Jebel Marra on Friday evening,” the sources said. File photo: Rebel forces in Darfur Related: Rebels attack military convoy in North Darfur (11 September 2014)
The number of government troops killed in an attack on a military convoy in North Darfur on Thursday has risen to 23.
Speaking to Radio Dabanga, residents of Shangil Tobaya and Abu Rizeiga in North Darfur confirmed that joint rebel forces of Taher Hajar’s Liberation Movement for Justice (LMJ-TH) and Minni Minawi’s Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM-MM) attacked a military convoy in the area of Jebel Hireiz on Thursday afternoon. They said that 23 government troops had been killed.
“A government convoy of 75 vehicles, backed by tanks, arrived at the battlefield on Friday. They raised the bodies, and combed the area in search for missing troops and deserters. Heavy reconnaissance flights were carried out by the Sudanese Air Force in the area and parts of East Jebel Marra on Friday evening,” the sources said.
File photo: Rebel forces in Darfur
Related: Rebels attack military convoy in North Darfur (11 September 2014)
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