July 29(Darfur24) Gunmen opened fire on a truck coming from Khartoum on Thursday on the Abbasiya-Rawaba road at the intersection of the Tebessa area, 27 km north of Abbasiya locality in South Kordofan state.
Two merchants were injured in the incident and were taken to Umm Rawaba Hospital for treatment.
The Executive Director of Abbasiya locality, Seddik Humaidan, said that the truck was on its way to the Abbasiya market on Thursday when it was attacked by criminals Umm Rawaba -Abbasiya Road.
Humaidan added that the police, upon receiving the information, moved to the site of the event, and after a chase and an exchange of fire with the road robbers, five of them were arrested and others fled.