Sudan: Wounding and Killing of Residents of Karamagay Village

5 May 2006
World Organization Against Torture (Geneva)
press release

The International Secretariat of OMCT  has been informed by the Sudan Organisation Against Torture (SOAT), a member of the OMCT network, of the attack on 13 April 2006 by the armed militias on Karamagay village, North East Nyala, Sudan.

According to the information received, armed militias on horses and camels, numbering more than five hundred, attacked and looted Karamagay village, Southern Dafur State. Besides killing 15 people and wounding 11 others, the militias also looted over 517 cows, 850 sheep, 720 goats, 22 horses, 60 donkeys and 8 camels. According to the villagers, who belong largely to the Birgid tribe, the attackers originate from Niteaga, Shearia province, Southern Darfur state and are alleged to belong to the Janjaweed militias.

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