Um Barmbita/Kabkabiya/Zalingei, November 12 (Darfur24)
At least three civilians were killed in separate armed robbery attacks in South Kordofan, North Darfur and Central Darfur on Tuesday, highlighting worsening insecurity and rising violent crime amid Sudan’s ongoing war.
In South Kordofan, Khamis Abdulrahman Khamis was shot dead by unidentified gunmen inside his farm west of Um Barmbita, according to local sources.
In Kabkabiya, North Darfur, Hassan Abkar Hassan was killed after armed men wearing Rapid Support Forces (RSF) uniforms shot him while attempting to steal his mobile phone in the town’s market. The attackers took his phone and fled. A relative said the family reported the killing to police, but no arrests had been made by the following day.
In Central Darfur, Ahmed Idris, in his thirties, was shot dead after refusing to surrender his motorcycle to armed men while travelling from Karole towards Kass in South Darfur. Police and local security forces subsequently arrested two suspects and recovered the motorcycle and a weapon believed to have been used in the attack, according to a police source.
Local leaders said armed robberies and attacks on civilians along roads and inside farms have increased across Darfur, amid persistent insecurity and the proliferation of weapons.
