Robberies in North Darfur capital

Bandits attacked and robbed three traders of their money near a bank in El Fasher on Thursday. Visitors of a market were robbed of their money and phones in South Darfur.

Masked gunmen, driving a Land Cruiser, opened fire on three cattle traders who had just left the bank in El Fasher city. They stole more than SDG10,000,000 a member of the legislative council of North Darfur, Adam Ishag Manan, told Radio Dabanga.

One of the traders was shot in the head while the other two were injured in their legs. They are in the hospital in critical condition.

Manan: “There are more acts of theft and chaos after the last Eid El Fitr, following the stability the state witnessed in the preceding period.” He noticed that more people in El Fasher have fallen victim to robberies.

In addition he reported that an armed group stole a large sum of money from people in Um Beitein, a village in El Fasher locality, on Wednesday. “Another group hijacked a vehicle owned by the government on its way to Kutum three days ago.”

Another incident involves armed men attempting to hijack an ambulance from Ghurair. “They failed to do so because the driver of the vehicle resisted the hijack.”

Robbery South Darfur

Gunmen stole the mobile phones and money of thirteen people in Gireida in South Darfur after they returned from the market in Joghana. The incident took place on the road to Magrana.

A number of gunmen stormed the house of Zakaria Douda in Joghana and stole a horse at gunpoint, a woman reported to Radio Dabanga on Thursday. On their way back they opened dense fire into the air and stole the mobile phones from five people.