Shops, stalls burn at Central Darfur’s Nierteti market
On Tuesday evening, an extensive fire consumed a number of shops and stalls at the old market of Nierteti in Central Darfur.
The shop owners suspect that army soldiers are behind the fire. On Tuesday afternoon a quarrel broke out at the market between a soldier and a vendor, after which the soldier threatened to torch the market.
“At 9 pm, three shops were on fire. Six stalls and five tea and hookah cafeterias burned down too,” a shop owner told Radio Dabanga.
On Tuesday evening, an extensive fire consumed a number of shops and stalls at the old market of Nierteti in Central Darfur.
The shop owners suspect that army soldiers are behind the fire. On Tuesday afternoon a quarrel broke out at the market between a soldier and a vendor, after which the soldier threatened to torch the market.
“At 9 pm, three shops were on fire. Six stalls and five tea and hookah cafeterias burned down too,” a shop owner told Radio Dabanga.
He said that the people managed to extinguish the fire. The losses, however, are estimated at hundreds of pounds.
The incident was reported to the police in Nierteti.
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