Two IDPs killed in South Darfur camp
October 28, 2011 (KHARTOUM) — The Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) opposed to the Doha peace deal accused the Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) of killing two residents of Kalam after a meeting held by chairperson of Darfur Regional Authority in the troubled camp.
The representatives of the camp’s residents said publicly that Sissi was not welcome and advised to avoid violence andalso to show their opposition to the Doha peace deal. Supporters and opponents of the Doha peace process underwent deadly clashes in July 2010.
Hussein Abu Sharati, spokesperson of Darfur IDPs and refugees association which is opposed to the peace deal, told Sudan Tribune from inside the camp that an unidentified number of LJM members armed with automatic guns killed two people on Wednesday night and wounded another resident.
“They entered inside the camp at 10:00 pm. They assaulted particularly center 5, center 6 and 7. Those who are killed are from center 5,” he said.
Abu Sharati said some local leaders in the camp received SMS warning them that they would be attacked. “We transmitted these messages to the UNAMID” he added.
Kalma camp is described by the government as a ‘hide-out’ for the rebel groups and their supporters. The government decided to shut down it last year after clashes between supporters and opponents of the Doha process.
Reports from South Darfur say Sissi spent Wednesday night there after an invitation extended by a sheikh, local administrator, to remain with them.
The former rebel leader pledged in a speech in Nyala to organise the IDPs return to their villages. He stressed that such a programme will not be implemented before to ensure that all the necessary security conditions are established.
The head of the Darfur authority said his administration would work quickly with the other concerned bodies to disarm and collect arms in the restive region.
He slammed any attempt to bar his entry to the camp, stressing that threats will not discourage him from coming to Kalama.
He also mocked promises by other rebel groups to pay compensations for the IDPs in hard currency adding such pledges aim to maintain them in the camps in order to achieve political gains from such presence.
(ST)