Two LJM commanders have been killed in an attack in Darfur, potentially spelling more trouble for the Doha peace agreement.
Hamad Abbaker Dahia and Abdel Kareem Hassan, field commanders, were killed in an attack near their site at the western gate of El Fasher on Wednesday morning, Radio Dabanga reported.
LJM, the Liberation and Justice Movement, was the only main signatory of the Doha peace agreement. Its leader al-Tijani Sese now heads the Darfur Regional Authority, and is fourth-ranked in the country in terms of state protocol.
The attack came without warning and was “a clear violation of the ceasefire agreement,” according to the LJM spokesman Ahmed Fadel.
Taj al-Deen Ahmed, a major-general in the army, said the attack targeted a force of the Sudan Revolutionary Front, the non-signatory coalition, in order to prevent them from launching rockets at the North Darfur capital.
Fadel denied involvement of SRF saying that the LJM commanders were on visit to the state capital for administrative reasons and had informed the army in advance of their visit.