- Without the slightest warning to the residents of the region of Rockerro in Jebel Marra, a force of 17 vehicles believed to be a unit of the Sudanese army opened fire indiscriminately, prompting residents to flee and take refuge in nearby mountains. A witness called Radio Dabanga from his hiding place in the mountains and said the village was under a heavy attack by a hostile military campaign over the last two days. Adding he did not know the whereabouts of his family members and was not aware of whether there were casualties as a result of the incident.
- With the full knowledge of the regular forces and the local authorities in Kebkabiya, members of the border intelligence guards committed two grave violations against local population during last Monday and Friday.The first incident occurred last Monday in the city market when one of the border intelligence guards stabbed a local vendor in front of a large number of people using his rifle bayonet. Apart from the stabbing he tried to charge his weapon, sparking public panic. The incident led to the partial closure of the market.
According to the information available to Radio Dabanga this incident occurred when three border intelligence guards came to the vendor’s shop, ordering him to sell his goads in accordance with the by force imposed pricing but he refused to accept that , then immediately followed the attack . Eventually the vendor was taken to the hospital for treatment but no legal actions were taken so far to try to keep individuals responsible for the attack.
The city witnessed a similar event on Wednesday, when four members of border intelligence guards arrested two butchers on unfounded basis that they had slaughtered two stolen camels.
The butchers were moved to Jebel Si detention center, where they were severely tortured and locked up with no legal justifications provided to them. However, the row was only ended when a financial settlement was secured. Family members and Managing Director of Kebkabiya advised them to pay an amount of $ 10 million Sudanese pounds to ransom their lives.
