At least 83 dead, 160 injured after militia attack in West Darfur

TIL Desk/World/Khartoum/ At least 83 people were killed and 160 others injured in an attack that took place at El Geneina, capital city of Sudan’s West Darfur state, according to authorities.

“The death toll from the bloody events in El Geneina has climbed to 83 and the injured to 160 since Saturday.” the Doctors’ Committee of West Darfur state as saying in a statement on 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.