Two rapes in West Darfur

Refugees accuse government-backed militias of coordinated crimes in the regionA refugee West Darfur’s Hassa Hissa camp was raped and killed by unidentified gunmen on Tuesday, a source from Zalingei told Radio Dabanga.The armed group allegedly raped the woman in front of her husband after the evening prayers, when the victim was returning home from the city with her husband.“Three armed men tried to rob the couple at gunpoint. When the husband tried to resist, they beat him with a sword. Then they raped his wife in front of him,” the source said. During the attack, the gunmen allegedly stabbed the woman over five times which led to her death.The offenders soon fled to the city of Zalingei, the witnesses reported. The deceased was later transferred to Zalingei hospital and buried on Tuesday.Another attackIn a similar incident, another refugee was raped by more than three members of an armed group in a small farm in Bareerah valley, south of Zalingei.A source told Radio Dabanga that the gunmen let their cattle enter the farm. When the girl tried stopping the cattle, she was brutally assaulted and gang raped by them.The perpetrators then fled to an unknown destination. The victim has been admitted to the Zalingei hospital where she is in a critical state.Government-backed militias have been accused of committing these coordinated crimes in Zalingei camps. The source told Radio Dabanga that these incidences only confirm the existence of violence in Darfur.