Three killed, two wounded in armed robberies in West Darfur

Three people were killed and two injured in armed robberies in West Darfur on Saturday. A relative of one of the dead told Radio Dabanga that “government-backed militiamen stormed the village of Habila Kanari, located 4km east of West Darfur’s capital of El Geneina, on Saturday morning, at about 4am. They shot Suleiman Mohamed Hassan, Mukhtar Hassan Abdallah Abdal Rahim, and another young man. They died instantly. Maryam Mousa sustained injuries.” The militiamen robbed the villagers of all their belongings and livestock. “They took everything, even children’s clothes, jerrycans, and chickens. They left at about 8am.” In another incident on Saturday, gunmen stole a West Darfur state government vehicle near El Geneina. They shot the guard of the governor, a listener told Radio Dabanga. “He was seriously injured and had to be transferred to a hospital in El Geneina in for treatment.” File photo: Gunmen ride through El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur (2007, Jess Heugel Media) Related:Gireida, South Darfur: armed robberies, prices soaring and food rations reduced (22 June 2014) Two people die in West Darfur robbery (20 June 2014) Two killed, five injured in armed robberies in Darfur (19 June 2014) Robbery claims two lives in Nyala, South Darfur (10 June 2014)South Darfur hawkers complain about assaults, robberies (1 June 2014)