Khartoum, March 28(Darfur24) The United Nations revealed Monday that about 30,000 people have sought refuge in Chad as a result of tribal violence in West Darfur last week.
According to a statement by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs “OCHA”, on March 23, a member of the Mararit tribe was killed in the Tandelti area, and a group of Mararit tribe members pursued the two alleged (Arab) killers and stoned them to death. In response, the Arab nomads gathered in the town of Tendelti and attacked it on 23 and 24 March in retaliation for the stoning of members of their tribe.
As a result of the inter-tribal incidents between the Arabs and Mararit in the Tandelti region, six people were killed and eight injured. According to the International Organization for Migration’s Displacement Tracking Matrix, some 30,000 people – mostly women, children and the elderly – have fled across the border into Chad.
According to local sources, the Joint Security Forces the Sudanese Armed Forces, the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Police Force have been deployed to the area to contain the situation.
Some 59 homes were reportedly burned and looted and the Wali of West Darfur and the State Security Committee visited Tendelti to try to calm the situation.
According to local sources, the security situation in Tandelti remains tense, with mobilization continuing around the areas of Tandelti and Adkong.