The death toll from the armed militias’ attack in El Geneina, capital city of Sudan’s West Darfur State, jumped to 83, and the injured to 160, at a time when the Sudanese authorities decided to send security reinforcements to the area.
According to a statement by Sudan’s Sovereign Council, Sudan’s Security and Defense Council has yesterday decided to send security reinforcements to West Darfur to protect the citizens and vital utilities there.
The statement noted that the council, chaired by the Chairman of the Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, held an emergency meeting yesterday to discuss the violent events which took place in El Geneina on Saturday.
It added that the council, which brings in its membership representatives from the sovereign council, the cabinet and the security bodies, also decided to form a higher committee to investigate into El Geneina events, determine the root-causes of the problem and submit recommendations about it, bring the outlaws to trial and hold the perpetrators accountable.
