Thursday, April 29, 2010

day 385 - April 29th 2010

More details regarding the bombing in Darfur on April 27th 2010:

- The aerial bombing by the Government of Sudan had targeted water reservoir where civilians with their livestock gather for water. The location is called Khazzan Wergeniga ( means the Dam of Wergeniga). These are water reservoirs made by walls of sand in heaps to collect water during the rainy season and some hold water for the period of dry season. The Government of Sudan used to target these locations through the past eight years to kill civilians and animals that the civilians depend on.
Through a source ( via phone), this last raid had killed at least 25 civilians, wounded many, and killed many animals (details to follow).
The dead were 8 shepherds, 9 women, and 8 children.
The dead children are:
2 daughters of Dowsa Shoushah ( a villager).
2 daughters of Arga (a villager)
1 son of Abbaker Kouko ( a villager)
3 daughters of Yashiero (a villager)

Among dead women was the wife of Gussieb Hussein ( villagers).

Among the dead also an elder: Abdulrahman Garem Fadul 66 years old.
Fadul is the father of Bakheit Garem Fadul, a Darfuri lives in Oregon (U.S.A.).