Five Civilians Killed in Heiban County Antonov Bombing
South Kordofan Sees Deadliest Attack of 2013 02/23/2013 - 06:07 pm Yassin Hassen Five civilians were killed and one wounded near Heiban last Sunday in South Kordofan’s deadliest aerial bombardment of the new year. The attack took place around 6:00 PM, when an Antonov airplane dropped nine bombs on Ngortang village in Heiban County. The victims are the first civilians confirmed killed by aerial bombardment since January 13th, when a one-year-old child was killed after five bombs were dropped in the Tess area. One eyewitness who spoke with Nuba Reports said Sunday’s bombs fell in an area where residents were collecting locusts nesting in the trees. Every year people in South Kordofan gather in several locations –including Ngortang – to pick seasonal locusts to supplement their food stocks. The locusts are becoming an increasingly important source of food as harvests in the region decline. The eyewitness told Nuba Reports that many did not have time to climb down from the trees before the bombs hit. Three of the victims were killed instantly. The other three were transported to the German Emergency Doctors (GED) Hospital outside Kauda where they received initial treatment before being sent to Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidele for further care. The main hospital in Heiban has not received medical supplies for about ten months and was unable to receive the wounded. According to doctors at Mother of Mercy Hospital, two victims – a forty-year-old woman and a five-year-old boy – died several days later of their injuries. Another five-year-old victim is currently being treated for his injuries at Mother of Mercy Hospital. According to Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North Spokesman Arnu Ngutullu Lodi, the others killed were an eight-year-old girl, a two-year-old boy and a thirty-two-year-old woman. Since the beginning of 2013, Nuba Reports has recorded over 100 bombs dropped in civilian areas. At least seven civilians have been killed and fifteen wounded in those bombings. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
