Gunmen attempt to plunder North Darfur’s Tawila market
Militiamen stormed the market of Tawila in North Darfur on Saturday in an attempt to plunder the shops. Two displaced men were wounded by bullets fired into the air by the militiamen, when government forces forced them to leave the market. A market vendor of Tawila told Radio Dabanga that dozens of “government-backed militiamen” on camels, horses and motorcycles raided the market of Tawila at about 3pm on Saturday in an attempt to plunder it. Troops of the Sudan Armed Forces and the Central Reserve Forces (Abu Tira) halted them and chased them out of the market. The “Janjaweed” left, firing random shots into the air. The bullets injured displaced Ahmed Mohamed Musa and Abbas Abdallah Mohamed. Musa, in a critical condition, was transferred to a hospital in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur.The market was closed for the rest of the day. File photo
Militiamen stormed the market of Tawila in North Darfur on Saturday in an attempt to plunder the shops. Two displaced men were wounded by bullets fired into the air by the militiamen, when government forces forced them to leave the market.
A market vendor of Tawila told Radio Dabanga that dozens of “government-backed militiamen” on camels, horses and motorcycles raided the market of Tawila at about 3pm on Saturday in an attempt to plunder it. Troops of the Sudan Armed Forces and the Central Reserve Forces (Abu Tira) halted them and chased them out of the market. The “Janjaweed” left, firing random shots into the air. The bullets injured displaced Ahmed Mohamed Musa and Abbas Abdallah Mohamed. Musa, in a critical condition, was transferred to a hospital in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur.
The market was closed for the rest of the day.
File photo
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