SPLM-N attacks El Atmor in South Kordofan

The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) announced that it killed 15 army and militia troops, and wounded others in El Atmor, South Kordofan, on Saturday. In a press statement issued on Sunday, SPLM-N spokesman Arnu Ngutulu Lodi said that the rebel fighters killed 15 army and militia troops, and wounded a large number of other troops in an attack on El Atmor, east of Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan. According to Lodi, the SPLM-N combatants also destroyed a T-55 tank, and six military vehicles, including two anti-aircraft cannons. He acknowledged the death of three rebel fighters. Seven were wounded. The SPLM-N spokesman added that their artillery unit shelled military targets in Kadugli, Daldako, and El Hamra, stressing that the SPLM-N is determined to chase the government troops from El Atmor. Sudanese army spokesman, El Sawarmi Khaled Saad, told the media that government forces repelled SPLM-N insurgents, attempting to attack the area of El Atmor on Saturday. According to Saad, 50 rebels were killed in the battle. File photo: On 4 and 5 January this year, joint forces of the SPLM-N and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) destroyed eight Sudanese military convoys in Trogi, South Kordofan. Related: Attacks on South Kordofan ‘may constitute war crime’: Amnesty Int (25 June 2014) Hospital bombed in Sudan’s South Kordofan (17 June 2014) ‘Attacks on South Kordofan displace 35,615’: SPLM-N (16 June 2014)Militia commander killed in South Kordofan battle (26 May 2014) SPLM-N claims destruction Sudan army convoys, South Kordofan (16 May 2014) ‘Government forces repelled in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains’: SPLM-N (14 May 2014) Intensified attacks on South Kordofan villages displace more than 100,000 (14 May 2014) EU concerned about bombing of hospital in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains (12 May 2014)