Sudan: Khartoum Trial of PDF Militiamen Postponed As One Accused Escapes

4 October 2017

Khartoum — One of 15 members of the Popular Defence Forces (PDF*) accused of attacking El Sanadra and El Shawaya villages in South Kordofan in September 2016 and killing eight civilians has escaped from military custody, it was discovered on Monday.

The Khartoum Criminal Court North postponed the hearing scheduled for Monday to October 18 after a soldier assigned to guard the accused discovered that defendant Abdelrahman Abdelgader Salah was not present.

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