farming season, he could go in the morning and return home by late in the evening, but
on 24th June 2020, he did not come back home. The following day (25th June 2020), his
family went to the farm looking for him and they found him dead. The dead body was
taken by his family to Kadogli hospital for postmortem. The postmortem report indicated
that the cause of death was the four (4) bullets in his chest and abdomen. The dead
body was buried by his relatives at Kadogli and the murder case was filed against
anonymous at Kadogli police.
A social activist in Kadogli informed HUDO Centre that, “I suspect Rapid Support Force
(RSF) to be the culprits. First of all, apart from security, no one is armed in Kadogli
except RSF members. Secondly, since the beginning of this cultivation season,
members of RSF repeatedly announced that, they will not allow cultivation this year. So
far, recently a number of farmers have been killed at their farms by RSF”.
2.2.17 Murder of Jadalla and looting of his cattle in Elfaid
On 29thJune 2020, while Mr. Ahmed Hassan Jadalla (48 years old) was grazing his
cattle at Gardod Zaharaa3, unknown people shot him dead and looted eight of his cows.
When other herdsmen heard the gunshots, they run towards the scene only to find Mr.
Jadalla dead and some of his cows missing. They took his body to Elfaid Um-Abdalla
where he was buried by his family members and the murder case was reported against
anonymous at Elfaid Um-Abdalla police.
2.2.18 Murder of Mr. Edriss by PDF soldiers in Elfaid
On 30thJune 2020, Mr. Edriss Ismail Daoud Jabouna (a 23 years old farmer)was alone
at his house in Elfaid Um-Abdalla when two armed Popular Defense Force (PDF)
soldiers attacked, shot him and disappeared. The noise from gunshots attracted his
neighbours to come and check on him only to find him laying down in a pool of blood.
He mentioned the names of the two PDF soldiers that had shot him. Mr. Edriss was
taken by neighbours to the health centre but he immediately died on arrival. The
neighbours reported the murder case at Elfaid Um-Abdalla police against the
perpetrators whose names were given. The police attempted to arrest the perpetrators
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A grazing field located in a distance of about 15 km Southwest Elfaid Um-Abdalla
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