Sudan/Darfur: MP killed in south, suspects arrested for attack against peacekeepers
A parliamentarian of the ruling National
Congress Party (NCP) was shot dead near Nyala, capital of the South Darfur
state. Based on first reconstructions, Hassan Tageddine Hassan al-Helw
came under attack by unidentified gunmen. "The gunmen demanded that
the car stop and then they opened fire, killing him and the two people
in the car with him", the local police said. The episode comes amid
renewed tension and insecurity in the Darfur region, theatre to an internal
conflict and a serious humanitarian crisis. The governor of North Darfur,
Yousif Mohammed Kibir, yesterday announced the arrest of six people in
connection with an attack that last week left five peacekeepers of the
joint UN-AU mission in Darfur (UNAMID) dead. The governor specified that
the suspects are under interrogation and will soon be handed over to judicial
authorities.
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