Six displaced civilians including two children were killed by armed local tribes in Sortony, North Darfur next to a site for internally displaced people in the Jebel Marra, the UN’s resident humanitarian coordinator for Sudan said.
Marta Ruedas condemned the shooting, which also injured an unknown number of people including a peacekeeper from the joing AU/UN mission (UNAMID). The injured were taken to a medicial clinic in Sortony for treatment.
The shooting occurred amid rising tension between displaced people and local tribes, as well as cattle raids.
The Sortony IDP camp is next to a UNAMID base. UNAMID is supposed to be protecting civilians in the area. The UN said that relief workers in the area depend on UNAMID to protect their convoys bringing relief to civilians in need.
Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes amid fighting between Sudan’s government and the Sudan Liberation Army-Abdul Wahid faction rebels.