SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources - Armed groups attack Fata Borno protest camp in Darfur, kill 13

13/7/2020: Multiple sources - Armed groups attack Fata Borno protest camp in Darfur, kill 13

• AP, by Samy Magdy

• Radio Dabanga

 “Government-sanctioned armed groups” fatally dispersed the sit-in at Fata Borno camp for the displaced, in Kutum, North Darfur, killing at least 13 protesters and wounding 11 others according to AP sources.

 Radio Dabanga reported that militiamen riding on motorcycles torched Fata Borno camp markets. Radio Dabanga’s sources said that a force of peacekeepers from the UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) reached the area but did not interfere.

 In addition, the displaced has warned North Darfur’s Security Committee of a pending attack, but were not protected.

 According to the security committee, the evening before the attack, Kutum protesters burned a police station.