but they were armed and they resisted by shooting at the police. The police ran away and did not make any further attempts to apprehend the perpetrators. Unlawful Killing in Blue Nile 2.2.19 Killing of a civilian by SAF in Roro On 16th March 2020, while organizing the distribution of fuel at petrol station in Roro under observation of Roro resistance committee and number of SAF soldiers headed by First Lieutenant, a verbal argument came up between a civilian and one of the SAF soldiers. The First Lieutenant shot two bullets from his pistol and the other SAF soldiers started to shoot on air and towards the civilians. Three civilians were injured by direct gunshots, one of them died two days after due to gunshot injuries. His name was Mr. Ahmed Bakheit. No investigation was carried out up to date. 2.2.20 Two herdsmen killed near Khartoum Belail village On11th May 2020, some herdsmen were grazing their cattle at Amura jungle, a group of four armed men attacked and kidnapped two of them. Those who were kidnapped are Mr. Ramadan Hamid Eldaw (18 years) and Mr. Khamees Hamid Eldaw (20 years) and the two were selected because they belonged to Angasana tribe. Their fellow herdsmen from other tribes (falata and Arab) were left free. On 13 th May 2020, the kidnapped men (Ramadan and Khamis) were found dead and their bodies were near Khartoum Belail village4 slaughtered. A reliable source informed HUDO Centre that, there are some criminals moving within this area for more than six months. That they loot people’s property and that the authorities have not taken action. This incident is different since the criminals never took the cattle or attacked the other herdsmen from other tribes. 4 Khartoum Belail village and Amura areas are near each other in Geisan locality of Blue Nile, and in a distance of approximately 25 km northwest the locality capital city/ Geisan town. 21