Sudan’s government on Saturday announced that about 11 captives managed to escape from Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) prisons at Deim Zubeir camp in South Sudan’s Western Bahr al Ghazal State, after the camp was allegedly attacked by SPLA-IO fighters.
Major General Dokhari el-Zaman Omer, NISS Director of Operations, said in press statements that the detainees arrived in Khartoum Airport via South Darfur State’s capital, Nyala.
The senior NISS official further said that the detainees had been kidnapped by JEM before being transferred into South Sudan.
According to Dokhari, the JEM camp in the area was burnt to ashes during the recent fighting between South Sudan’s army and opposition forces in Deim Zubeir.
For his part, the JEM spokesperson denied any involvement in fighting in Deim Zubeir, saying the movement has no presence in South Sudan.
File photo: JEM Chairman Jibreel Ibrahim