Gunmen kill 5 people in North Darfur state

October 14, 2014 (EL-FASHER) – Five people were killed and seven others injured in an attack by unidentified gunmen on a commercial convoy in Sani area, 63km north-west of North Darfur capital El-Fasher.

Eyewitness told Sudan Tribune on Monday that the gunmen fired a hail of bullets on the convoy killing five people and injuring seven others, adding they seized three vehicles loaded with goods and fled towards Kotom locality.

A source within Maleet hospital said some of the wounded are in extremely serious condition, saying they must be transferred to El-Fasher hospital due to limited resources of Maleet hospital.

The same source stressed that charges were filed at the police station in Maleet locality.

Residents in the area expressed fear from the growing incidents of armed robbery particularly after completion of the high way linking the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, to Darfur states, saying bus trips across the high way to Khartoum will start on Tuesday.

In August, unidentified armed men imposed toll charges on buses travelling between South Darfur state capital Nyala and El-Fasher.

The group set up more than 40 tents on the road to collect tolls amounting to 1,200 Sudanese pounds (SDG) on each bus.

(ST)