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Sudan 'kills refugees in Darfur' | Sudan 'kills refugees in Darfur' |
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Sudanese troops have opened fire inside a Darfur refugee camp, leaving 27 people dead, a rebel group has said. | Sudanese troops have opened fire inside a Darfur refugee camp, leaving 27 people dead, a rebel group has said. |
Some 100 government trucks surrounded the Kalma camp, home to some 90,000 people who have fled their homes in Darfur, a rebel spokesman told the BBC. | Some 100 government trucks surrounded the Kalma camp, home to some 90,000 people who have fled their homes in Darfur, a rebel spokesman told the BBC. |
An army spokesman has confirmed there was an exchange of fire after a patrol was sent to investigate reports of a weapons cache in the camp. | |
More than two million people have fled five years of conflict in Darfur. | More than two million people have fled five years of conflict in Darfur. |
The US has said it is concerned "by indiscriminate weapons-fire by Sudanese government forces" in Kalma. | |
"Attacks on vulnerable populations in Sudan are deplorable and violate international law," Deputy State Department spokesman Robert Wood said in a statement. | |
Ahmed Abdel Shafie, who heads a faction of the rebel Sudan Liberation Army, told the BBC that the government wants to force people to leave the camp. | Ahmed Abdel Shafie, who heads a faction of the rebel Sudan Liberation Army, told the BBC that the government wants to force people to leave the camp. |
Another rebel leader puts the number of those killed higher. Abdel Wahed Mohamed al-Nur, said that 50 people had been killed. | Another rebel leader puts the number of those killed higher. Abdel Wahed Mohamed al-Nur, said that 50 people had been killed. |
"This really is a catastrophe. People are being killed while the world just watches," he said. | "This really is a catastrophe. People are being killed while the world just watches," he said. |
Reports from inside the camp put the toll lower. Adam Mohamed, a community leader in Kalma, near South Darfur's capital Nyala, told the AFP news agency that eight people had been killed and 30 wounded. | Reports from inside the camp put the toll lower. Adam Mohamed, a community leader in Kalma, near South Darfur's capital Nyala, told the AFP news agency that eight people had been killed and 30 wounded. |
The international aid agency MSF which works inside Kalma said at least 65 people had been injured. | |
It is appealing for a safe passage to evacuate the most seriously wounded. | |
A spokesman for the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur said they had sent patrols to check the reports and were very concerned about the situation. | |
The BBC's Amber Henshaw in Sudan says Kalma has long been a centre of unrest, awash with weapons. | The BBC's Amber Henshaw in Sudan says Kalma has long been a centre of unrest, awash with weapons. |
Sudan's government has accused armed rebel supporters of taking refuge inside the camp while residents have accused government-backed militias of mounting a series of raids on the settlement. | Sudan's government has accused armed rebel supporters of taking refuge inside the camp while residents have accused government-backed militias of mounting a series of raids on the settlement. |
The reports came on the day that the new joint UN-African Union mediator Djibril Bassole was due to arrive in Khartoum to take up his position. | The reports came on the day that the new joint UN-African Union mediator Djibril Bassole was due to arrive in Khartoum to take up his position. |
Violence in Darfur began in 2003 when rebel groups complaining of discrimination against black Africans began attacking government targets. | Violence in Darfur began in 2003 when rebel groups complaining of discrimination against black Africans began attacking government targets. |
The government mobilised what it called "self-defence militias" in response, but denies any links to the Janjaweed, accused of trying to "cleanse" black Africans from Darfur. | The government mobilised what it called "self-defence militias" in response, but denies any links to the Janjaweed, accused of trying to "cleanse" black Africans from Darfur. |
The UN estimates that more than 300,000 people have been killed and two million displaced during five years of fighting. | The UN estimates that more than 300,000 people have been killed and two million displaced during five years of fighting. |
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