Unknown gunmen kill woman, injure her son in South Darfur

July 16, 2016 (NYALA) – Unidentified gunmen have stormed a house in Al-Salam neighbourhood in South Darfur state capital, Nyala killing one woman and severely wounding her son.

A family relative of the victims by the name of Salih Nyam told Sudan Tribune that 3 masked men broke into the victims’ home in the early morning hours on Saturday and opened fire on the family members who attempted to resist them.

He pointed that a woman died immediately and her son sustained serious injuries and was rushed to Nyala Teaching Hospital, saying the perpetrators fled toward the north-eastern part of the town.

According to Nyam, the security organs failed to arrest the culprits despite its readiness and wide presence across the town.

He further said that hundreds of residents have attended the funeral at A-Salam cemetery and expressed anger that perpetrators have evaded justice.

In a separate incident, 3 gunmen have stormed the house of Al-Fadil Issa, an employee working for the locality of Nyala, in Al-Khartoum Bellail neighbourhood at 3:00 am (local time) on Saturday and stole his property at gunpoint before fleeing to an unknown destination.

Nyala residents have recently expressed concern over the return of the lawlessness situation which prevailed in Nyala before imposing the emergency situation.

Following several looting and killing incidents last month, South Darfur state deployed large military reinforcements to enhance security and curb looting crimes in Nyala.

Since July 2014, the governor of South Darfur Adam Mahmoud Jar al-Nabi, declared an indefinite emergency situation in the state, including a curfew from 07:00 pm to 07:00 am (local time) in Nyala.

The decision also banned riding of motorcycles by more than one person, holding weapons while wearing civilian clothes, vehicles driving around without license plates, and wearing a kadamool (a turban which covers the face).

(ST)