SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – 32 civilians dead in ‘Sudanese army’ attack in disputed Abyei region

22/1/2020: Multiple sources – 32 civilians dead in ‘Sudanese army’ attack in disputed Abyei region

• Sudan Tribune

• Bloomberg, by Mohammed Alamin

• Radio Dabanga

• Reuters

• AP

32 people were reportedly killed, 25 injured, three children went missing, and 19 houses were torched in an attack by gunmen Kolom village 10 kilometres north of the town of Abyei in the disputed oil-rich region on Sudan’s border with South Sudan.

According to Reuters, the attacks were perpetrated by suspected Messiriya tribesmen.

However, Akon Akol, governor of Abyei told Radio Dabanga that the assailants are “affiliated to the Sudanese Armed Forces.”