Darfur family of four killed by MiG jets strike East Jebel Marra

A family of four was killed by aerial bombardments on Thursday morning in East Jebel Marra. Speaking to Radio Dabanga, a relative of the deceased said that two MiG jet fighters of the Sudanese Air Force dropped six bombs 3km west of Nimra village in East Jebel Marra at about 10.30am. Bahreldin Bashir Saleh, his wife Um El Kheir Yagoub Yahya, their son Jamal (12) and daughter, Samah (7), all died instantly. The relative reiterated earlier appeals of East Jebel Marra residents to the UN and the Security Council to immediately intervene and “stop the indiscriminate aerial bombardments by the government and protect the civilians in Darfur”. File photo Related: Antonov raid destroys well, kills cattle in Darfur’s East Jebel Marra (9 December 2013)MiG kills camel herder in Darfur’s East Jebel Marra (3 December 2013)Darfur’s East Jebel Marra residents commemorate bombing victims (3 December 2013)Aerial bombardments kill ten, injure eight in East Jebel Marra (29 November 2013)