Violence in Sudan's restive Darfur kills 168: aid group

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Clashes between rival groups in Sudan's Darfur killed at least 168 people on Sunday, an aid group said, in the latest bout of deadly violence to hit the restive region.

KHARTOUM - Clashes between rival groups in Sudan's Darfur killed at least 168 people on Sunday, an aid group said, in the latest bout of deadly violence to hit the restive region.

The violence broke out when armed tribesmen attacked villages of the non-Arab Massalit minority in retaliation for the killing of two tribesmen, the aid group said.On Sunday, a tribal leader from the Massalit minority described seeing multiple bodies in villages of the Krink region, which lies some 80 kilometres from West Darfur's provincial capital, Geneina.

Images posted online on Sunday showed burning houses sending plumes of thick black smoke to the sky, while others showed round patches of scorched earth where huts had stood before they were set alight.On Sunday, the aid group accused the Arab Janjaweed militiamen of orchestrating the latest attacks.

Regal said the militiamen had in recent weeks "committed killings, burning, lootings, and torture without mercy".

 

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