Damazain, July 17(Darfur24)Armed forces from neighboring states arrived in Damazin, the capital of the Blue Nile region, on Sunday, and deployed in different parts of the city to bring clashes and the state of violence in a number of areas of the region under control, while the Security and Defense Council is holding an emergency meeting to discuss tribal violence in the Blue Nile region.
Humanitarian workers in the region told Darfur 24 that the city of Damazin is still witnessing a state of chaos and violent attacks on the members of the Hausa tribe, despite the heavy deployment of army forces coming from the neighboring states.
The Ministry of Health said 65 people killed and dozens more wounded since the start of communal violence in the region two days ago.
The humanitarian worker, who requested that his name be withheld, stated that the army force that arrived in the city began evacuating the Hausa families through heavy guards out of the state at a time when the Alberta tribes closed all the roads out of the state, and warned that the state of violence does not allow the staff of humanitarian organizations to assist the victims.
He pointed out that the army confronted thousands of residents of the northern neighborhoods of the city, who moved -this afternoon -towards the market to loot the shops, and added: If the army had not intervened and fired heavily on the air, the market would have been completely looted.
Eyewitnesses who spoke to Sudan Tribune website said that a group of families were gathered in the popular market in Damazin, mostly children, women and the elderly, in preparation for their transfer to safe areas.
The newspaper “Al-Sudani” quoted the Minister of Health of the Blue Nile region, Jamal Nasser Al-Sayed, as saying that the number of dead and wounded in the tribal fighting in the localities of the region has increased, as the number of dead as of Sunday morning reached 65 and 192 wounded and 120 families displaced.
The minister said that the health situation in Damazin Teaching Hospital has become dire, as a number of bodies of the parties to the conflict are accumulating, which have not yet been identified, in light of the hospital mortuary being filled with bodies.
He pointed out that 62 surgeries were performed, and said that the hospital was overwhelmed with wounded, including about 25 critical cases who need urgent intervention to be transferred to Khartoum.