Vehicles ambushed in West and North Darfur
On Sunday gunmen robbed the passengers of two commercial vehicles en route from Saraf Jidad to El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur. On Saturday a convoy of four commercial vehicles was plundered in North Darfur. A passenger told Radio Dabanga that government-backed militiamen on motorcycles and others on camelback ambushed the two vehicles on Sunday. They beat and whipped the passengers before robbing them of their belongings. “They stole SDG350,000 ($61,000) and 200 radios from Siam Abdallah, a dealer in electronics. They robbed another trader of SDG10,000 ($1,750).” In North Darfur, militiamen intercepted four commercial vehicles in the area of Iweiji, Kutum locality on Saturday. The small convoy was on its way from Abdel Shakour to Kutum town, one of the victims told Radio Dabanga, when it was ambushed. The passengers were beaten, and robbed of their belongings. The gunmen then took the vehicles to an unknown destination. File photo: Lorries on the way from Nyala, South Darfur, to Zalingei, Central Darfur
On Sunday gunmen robbed the passengers of two commercial vehicles en route from Saraf Jidad to El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur. On Saturday a convoy of four commercial vehicles was plundered in North Darfur.
A passenger told Radio Dabanga that government-backed militiamen on motorcycles and others on camelback ambushed the two vehicles on Sunday. They beat and whipped the passengers before robbing them of their belongings. “They stole SDG350,000 ($61,000) and 200 radios from Siam Abdallah, a dealer in electronics. They robbed another trader of SDG10,000 ($1,750).”
In North Darfur, militiamen intercepted four commercial vehicles in the area of Iweiji, Kutum locality on Saturday. The small convoy was on its way from Abdel Shakour to Kutum town, one of the victims told Radio Dabanga, when it was ambushed. The passengers were beaten, and robbed of their belongings. The gunmen then took the vehicles to an unknown destination.
File photo: Lorries on the way from Nyala, South Darfur, to Zalingei, Central Darfur
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