January 27, 2020 (Nyala) Seven people were sentenced to death Monday by a court in Nyala, South Darfur, after being found guilty of killing nine people in September , 2017,  in the area of Tobasi, 43km south of Nyala, South Darfur. 

The trial, which started in November 2017, lasted 25 sessions, before the judge finally issued  a verdict convicting seven people and acquitting one. 

The defendants were accused of attacking local residents in a market in the area of Tombasi, south Darfur, killing nine people.

Arrest warrants had   been issued and the security forces managed to apprehend the offenders and bring them to trial.