Cattle rustlers kill Sudanese policeman in North Darfur

May 28, 2016 (EL-FASHER) – Gunmen riding camels on Saturday shot dead a Sudanese soldier during a pursuit of the fleeing cattle raiders outside Tawilla locality, 30 km west of El-Fasher, capital of North Darfur state.

The dead soldier was killed during the clashes.

The Commissioner of Twailla County Adam Yagoub Gadid told Sudan Tribune on Saturday that the security forces managed to recover the stolen cattle, adding that the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) soldier was killed during the operation.

Gadid regretted their failure to arrest the raiders despite tracking them for a long distance, adding that the police identified them.

He further said that the incident occurred at 02:00am on Saturday morning

However, the commissioner stressed that security situation in Twailla is stable and better than it was in the past, saying that they established a number of police stations to reduce crime.

Last March, a group of heavy armed men riding three four-wheel-drive vehicles looted over 20 heads of cattle in Al-Galabat area located north of Tabit

(ST)