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| May 5, 2008 |
Target -a school and the market place
Monday, May 5, 2008
On Sunday, May 4th at approximately 4pm, the village of Shegeg Karo in
North Darfur was attacked by an Antonov aircraft.
According to information gathered by the villagers of Shegeg Karo, the
Antonov hovered for a long time and then bombed repeatedly.
The Shegeg Karo school was hit and one classroom was destroyed. It was
in session.
6 students were killed and others injured.
Names and ages of students killed:
Fatima Suleiman Adam Omar, 3rd grade, 10 years old
Fatima Ahmad Bashir—2nd grade, 8 years old
Mubarak Mohammed Ahmad, 3rd grade, 10 years old
Yusuf Adam Hamid, kindergarten, 5 years old
Munira Suleiman Adam, 2nd grade, 7 years old
Adam Ahmad Yusuf, 4th grade, 11 years old
The Shegeg Karo market was also hit and 20 shops (most of the market)
were completely destroyed. A reported 5-6 people were killed in the
market and others injured.
Names and ages of people killed in market:
Saber Ardabo, 70 years old
Mubarak Adno Awad, approximately 17 years old
Nasser Adam Ahmad, 19 years old
Mustafa Ali Adam, 43 years old
Giddo Abdul Rasul Abdul Negi, 38 years old
As many as 33 more people were injured. The critical injuries include an 8 year old girl with
a broken back who is unconscious and a 14 year old boy with a broken
and badly cut leg and arm who has lost a lot of blood. The moderate
injuries include 2 people whose suffered severe shrapnel injury to
their legs and blood loss, and one man with an injured neck and
shoulder.
As of 3:00pm EST on Monday, May 5th, no medical assistance has arrived
to the village.
UNAMID, the health division of UNICEF and the ICRC in El Fashir were
all notified of the attack hours after it happened. UNAMID hopes to
send a helicopter to evacuate the critically and moderately wounded on
The Shegeg Karo school is funded by the Darfur Diaries project.
(www.darfurdiaries.org)
For more information, please contact:
Jen Marlowe, Darfur Diaries, 1.425.451.7451 or 1.202.375.3492