Exclusive-Darfur 24
Darfur 24 has learned from an informed source in the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that Major General Ali Yaqoub was killed as a result of an ambush by a force from the Sudanese army and armed movements, while he was on his way to Nyala.
Ali Yaqoub is the commander of the Rapid Support Forces, which his is waging battles in El Fasher, against the army and its allies among the armed movements.
The source said that Yaqoub was injured on Tuesday during the armed confrontations taking place in the city of El Fasher, and it was decided to transfer him to the city of Nyala, 205 kilometers south, to receive treatment. However, a force from the armed movements and the Sudanese army ambushed him on the El Fasher-Nyala road and killed him and all his companions.