Two people killed in South Darfur capital
December 26,2015(NYALA) -Two persons were killed and two others severely wounded in separate armed robberies in Nyala, capital of South Darfur state, on Friday.
Eyewitnesses told Sudan Tribune two men driving a car entered a shop in one of the city’s residential areas at 10 pm Friday and ordered the shopkeeper to hand them all the money he had at gunpoint.
But the retailer resisted the bandits and engaged them in fight .
Two women, who happened to be at the scene, shouted for help. Here one on the assailants opened fire at them, instantly killing one woman and wounding the other and a baby she was carrying .
After what, the outlaws fled the scene and drove towards the northern section of the City.
Witnesses said policemen rushed to the shop but could not apprehend the culprits , despite the many check points established throughout Nyala.
The witnesses said armed robbers usually attack citizens at times when the security is relaxed, particularly in outlying quarters of the South Darfur capital.
They noted that armed robberies and car thefts have started to recur after weeks of relative calm.
In a separate development, the general secretary of the internally displaced people and refugees in South Darfur Adam Abdallah has told Sudan Tribune that gunmen had attacked a resident of Ottash camp, located seven km north-east of Nyala.
He said armed robbers had opened fire at one of the IDPs and killed him Friday night, after opening a barrage of gunfire in the air.
He added the attackers fired long bursts of bullets into the air but, the security services were not able to catch the culprits, so far.
Abdallah said the deceased was buried in a solemn funeral.
“The IDPs need protection from the authorities,’’ he stressed, pointing to the repeated attacks that took place recently when they are on their way to their farms.
The security conditions had improved in South Darfur during the last six months, thanks to the state of emergency imposed after a state of lawlessness that began in early 2014.
(ST)