reserve police confiscate cell-phones of traders at gunpoint

3 members of the reserve police – locally known as ‘Abu Tira’ – confiscated more than 30 cell-phones, electronic devices and money from several traders in camp Zamzam on Monday.

A witness told Radio Dabanga that 3 members from Abu Tira carrying rifles got into Um Suego market on Monday afternoon and demanded the phones and money from the grocer, the butchers and shop owners at gunpoint. The witness also said that the forces of Abu Tira had a dense presence in the middle of the market and in the camp yesterday. Allegedly they opened fire in the camp from eight in the evening on Wednesday until two in th morning the next day.