Militia assaults, rapes citizens in Central Darfur

Militiamen allegedly attacked a number of displaced farmers, looted their properties, and raped two women among them in Wadi Kidim, north of Bindisi in Central Darfur on Wednesday. An eyewitness told Radio Dabanga that about ten militiamen on camels and horses, dressed in military uniforms, attacked a number of displaced farmers who were tending their farms in the area of Kijir and Wadi Kidim.The militias fired many shots into the air before they captured the displaced and raped two women alternately. The farmers were only released on Thursday. According to the witness, the insurgents beat and whipped the displaced and took their money, mobile phones, luggage, food, even their farming tools. The witness confirmed that they filed a complaint with the police of Bindisi, who did not move to prosecute the offenders. The same witness told Radio Dabanga that on Thursday a group of midwives who were on their way from Bindisi to Zalingei for a training course, escaped a certain death, when militias opened a barrage of fire on their vehicle nearby Garsila town. File photo Related: Looting and pillaging throughout Darfur (11 September 2013) Darfur residents complain of violence, food shortage (10 September 2013) Rape victim ‘in deplorable state’ in Central Darfur (9 September 2013)