Gunmen ambush three vehicles in North Darfur

March 5, 2016 (EL-FASHER) – Unidentified armed group has attacked three vehicles carrying passengers heading from North Darfur state capital of El-Fasher to the locality of Tawilla.

Hamid Abakar, one of the passengers told Sudan Tribune that they were ambushed by gunmen in an area east of Jebel Kosa, saying that some passengers were injured.
One of the vehicles drivers Ali Ibrahim told Sudan Tribune that the area known as Tantabai station continued to witness killing and looting acts by gunmen.

The governor of North Darfur state Abdel-Wahid Youssef Friday told a crowd in the locality of Tawilla that his government would hit the outlaws with an iron fist.

“The criminal has no tribe and he is an arch enemy of the state,” he said.

Youssef further said the government policy seeks to achieve security and stability across Darfur.

On Wednesday, unknown gunmen had looted hundreds of cattle heads in Al-Galabat area in the locality of Tawilla.

Also, last week, gunmen on motorcycles shot at a group of passengers who were aboard a public transportation vehicle on the road linking Tawilla to El-Fasher which led to the killing of two people and injury of two others.

(ST)