Sudan: Continued Bombing in South Kordofan Kills Six - Rebels Shell Kadugli in Response

19 November 2013

Dilling — Speaking to Radio Dabanga, Sultan Khamis Soba reported that the Sudanese Air Force has been bombing the region ever day since from 14 November. "The air raids start at 6am and continue until 4am the next day." The Sultan said that the continuous intense bombardments "made the lives of the people in the region hell. The situation has become catastrophic."

Soba reported that the air raids killed six people, three of them from one family, and wounded 18 others, besides destroying houses and farms. Dozens of cattle were killed. More than 2,700 people became displaced. The six people killed are Toma Kody Kola, Omar Kody Kola, the wife of Khartoum Kody Kola, Jim Abu Shook, Babakar Hassan, and Ahmed Bagad.

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