The death toll resulting from the attack by gunmen on Monday, on the Fataburno area,16 km west of the Kutum , North Darfur, has risen to 9 and 11 injuries.
Meanwhile, a team from the United Nations and African Union Mission in Darfur UNAMID has arrived in the area to get acquainted with causes of the incident.
Kutum and Fataburno areas in North Darfur, are witnessing escalating security tensions these days, against the backdrop of sit-ins of citizens, who are demanding security and the disarmament of armed
militias attacking residents on their farms.
On Monday morning, armed militias, riding motorcycles and horses, launched an attack on the town of Fataburno, leaving scores of residents dead and injured , in addition to widespread looting of the
citizens’ property.
According to the information obtained by Darfur 24, the gunmen who attacked the citizens of Fataburno area today, were outlaws Arabs nomadic, believing that the demands of protesters in the area
Fataburno , are against them and the demonstrators are intending to drive them away from thier areas.