KHARTOUM: Militia in Sudan’s North Darfur state attacked a village and killed 13 people, a local source said yewsterday, adding to an upsurge of deadly violence in the area.
The attack on Friday targeted Sigili village, about 30km southeast of the state capital El Fasher, said the source, who cannot be further identified for security reasons.
“Basically it was a tribal clash between local militia and Zaghawa,” the source said, adding that five people were also reported missing.
Since July, civilians have been increasingly at risk from inter-communal fighting, harassment by militia groups, and sporadic clashes between rebel and government troops, particularly in North Darfur, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said in a three-monthly report issued on October 16.
Disputes between farmers and pastoralists over land use triggered most of the inter-communal violence, he said.
Three policemen shot dead in Sinai
CAIRO: Gunmen killed three Egyptian policemen and seriously wounded a fourth yesterday in El Arish, in the Sinai Peninsula, state television said.
“Armed men who might belong to a jihadist group attacked a police vehicle and fired on its passengers before fleeing,” a security source said.
The dead and wounded were taken to the general hospital in El Arish, where one of the policemen died from serious wounds,” a medic said. A civilian was also wounded. Security forces threw up a cordon around the city in an attempt to capture the gunmen.
Weapons found in Yemen biscuit boxes
SANA’A: A cargo of weapons originating in Turkey was seized by Yemeni authorities yesterday in the southern port of Aden, the defence ministry Internet website 26sep.net reported.
Citing security sources, the report said the arms had been found in boxes used for biscuits, in a container dispatched from Turkey.
An investigation has been opened into the discovery of weapons “destined to harm the security and stability” of Yemen, the ministry said, without identifying either the sender or intended recipient of the cargo.
Agencies
