Student injured in Kauda Primary School Bombing Two people were wounded when four bombs struck a primary school for orphans in Kauda on Friday, May 17. The bombs – dropped from a Sudanese Air Force antonov – struck the Father Cliff Primary School for Orphans around 1:45pm, while students were taking their lunch break.
05/17/2013 - 08:41 am Kauda Two people were wounded when four bombs struck a primary school for orphans in Kauda on Thursday, May 16. The bombs – dropped from a Sudanese Air Force antonov – struck the Father Cliff Primary School for Orphans around 1:45pm, while students were taking their lunch break. Nine year-old student Kodi Butros Yagub was struck in the leg by shrapnel from a bomb, which landed around 60 meters away. Another man – 26 year old Bakri Adam – was similarly struck in the leg while walking by the school. Students – and virtually every resident in South Kordofan – are taught to lie flat or seek refuge in a fox-hole during bombings. But teacher Simon Jubatta says Kodi was caught in the open when the bombs fell. “We all ran to the bomb shelters but Kodi got scared when he heard the bombs falling and got up and started running,” explained Jubatta. Neither Kodi’s nor Bakri’s injuries is life threatening, but Kodi was immediately taken to the German Emergency Doctor’s hospital for treatment. The Father Cliff Primary School is supported by Make Way Partners, a United States-based Christian organization. Just before the bombing in Kauda, the Antonov dropped four bombs in the village of Kumu. The four bombs killed 20 year-old farmer Juma Abdalla. Abdalla was in his house when the airplane flew over the village. He stepped out of the house and one of the bombs hit the side of a nearby, hill sending out a piece of shrapnel which cut off both of his legs. He was rushed to the hospital and died the next morning after losing massive amounts of blood. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SPLA-N Attack on Um Barmbeita Repulsed by Militias, SAF Sudanese government forces remain in control of Um Barmbeita after government militias repelled an SPLA-N attack with support from the Sudanese Armed Forces. 05/07/2013 - 08:07 am A combination of armed militias and Sudanese government forces repelled an SPLA-N offensive in the northern part of South Kordofan State just over one week after the two forces clashed in North Kordofan’s Umm Rawaba. The attack took place May 5 in the town of Umm Bermbeita, near the border between North and South Kordofan. At around 6:30 am, around 200 SPLA-N soldiers attempted to attack a SAF garrison in the town. The fighting lasted around 2 hours 30 minutes, and the SPLA-N were eventually driven out by militias forces located in the area, backed by tanks as well as Antonov and MiG airplanes bombing in the area. At least five SPLA-N soldiers were wounded in the attack, and three were brought to the Mother of Mercy hospital in Gidel for further treatment. According to soldiers involved in the battle, Sudanese forces in the area were given advanced warning of the attack from local militias, which spotted the SPLA-N troops as they entered the town. 31 year-old Hachim Musa is one of the soldiers wounded in the battle and brought to Gidel for treatment. "While we were waiting in the river bed three shinabla women that were herding goats saw us from far and started running away. The soldiers ran after the women to stop them from alerting the Militias of Shinabla that were outside Um Barmbeita. We arrested two of the women but the last woman ran away screaming and that alerted the Militia and they came and started attacking us from the bush," he said. After fighting broke out between the local militia and the SPLA-N, Musa said SAF forces began shelling and dropping bombs on SPLA-N positions. Musa and the other soldiers were wounded in the shelling. After engaging the SAF and Militia forces, the soldiers were eventually forced to retreat, leaving the area in SAF control. -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oqh-sLBtSoinov80gfy2kRRoEgNFfxRBox72ge9R0dDeg%40mail.gmail.com?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
