Two injured in Abu Tira firing

One of them, a watermelon trader, rushed to Khartoum hospital due to his critical state
Two refugees from North Darfur’s Zamzam camps were seriously injured on Friday when central reserve police, also known as Abu Tira, officers opened fire at them.
A witness to the incident told Radio Dabanga that it occurred in the watermelon market of Zamzam camp on Friday afternoon. “Three Abu Tira officers came to the market with water melons at 6.30 pm and one of them opened fired in the market without any warning or reason,” the witness said.
One of those injured was 28-year-old Issa Mohammed Ahmed, a watermelon trader and another was 18-year-old refugee Hamada Osman Ibrahim.
While Issa was injured in the knee, Hamada sustained wounds in his feet. “Issa’s condition was so serious that he had to be rushed to the hospital in Khartoum from El Fasher,” the witness who spoke to Radio Dabanga said.
“The Abu Tira forces pose a serious security threat to the refugees in the camp. The shooting was probably part of a covert plan meant to shut down the watermelon market in Zamzam camp,” he added.
School burned down yet again
In what is the fourth similar incident this month, a fire broke out in Zamzam camp’s Al Salaam “35” school. Radio Dabanga had reported earlier this week about a fire in the same school that had engulfed five class rooms. The fire that broke on Sunday took down three more class rooms.
At the same time, a leader in the camp told Radio Dabanga that two more schools in the vicinity were burnt down. “This seems to be planned and looks like intentional sabotage,” the camp leader told Radio Dabanga.