Armed militia’s attack in West Darfur State of Sudan has claimed 83 lives with over 160 injured, local authorities have said.
The militia had attacked El Geneina, capital city of Sudan’s West Darfur State.
“The death toll from the bloody events in El Geneina, the capital city of West Darfur State, has climbed to 83 and the injured to 160 since Saturday,” said the Doctors’ Committee of West Darfur State in a statement Sunday.
In the meantime, Sudan’s Security and Defense Council on Sunday decided to send security reinforcements to West Darfur to protect the citizens and vital utilities there, according to a statement by Sudan’s Sovereign Council.
The council, chaired by the Chairman of the Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, held an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss the violent events which took place in El Geneina on Saturday, the statement noted.
