HUDO Centre Date: 6th May 2024 No.: H.K/UA/06/024 URGENT APPEAL SAF CONDUCTS EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS, INHUMAN ACT ON ETHNICAL BASIS IN ABU-KERSHOLA LOCALITY, SUDAN Since 4th April 2024, SAF in Abu-Kershola locality conducted a series of arrests, looting and extrajudicial killings targeting Hawazma tribe. This was inline with the ongoing conflict between SAF and RSF. There was also retribution act by SAF towards Hawazma youths which led to mass displacement of Hawazma people from Khor-Eldeleib and the situation is still tense. On 4th April 2024 around 8:00 PM (Sudan local time), four (4) Sudan Armed Force (SAF) soldiers raided a youth club in Khor-Eldeleib and they instructed one of the youth (Mr. Mohammed Abdalla Kaba) to hand over to them his motorbike and knife but he did not comply. Immediately SAF soldiers shot and killed him. This provoked the youths (friends) who were also armed. The youths confronted the armed soldiers and as a result, there was an exchange of fire which caused deaths on both sides. Thereafter, SAF in Abu-Kershola locality and particularly Khor-Eldeleib reacted in a revenge manner. The same night, SAF soldiers from Khor-Eldeleib garrison shot and shelled indiscriminately at civilians and the neighbourhoods. This caused the death of Mr. Mohammed Fadul (104 years old) and his grandson Mr. Ishaq Musa Dafa-Alla (51 years old), other two people (Mr. Yunis Bura and Mr. Daoud Bura) were injured by direct shooting. On 9th April 2024, SAF soldiers from Abu-Jibaiha came and attacked (looted) Khor-Eldeleib market. They chased out Hawazma youth, burnt some of the houses and killed Mr. Elfateh Ismail Bagari (60 years old). This incident forced most of the Hawazma residents to flee from Khor-Eldelieb to Elfaid UmAbdalla, Rashad and Umbrembeta towns. On 14th April 2024, the dead body of Mrs. Fatima Tabaq (44 years) was found with gunshot wounds near the SAF garrison of Khor-Eldeleib. On 16th April 2024, Ms. Ragaa Ali Norain was also found dead at her garden (500 meters from SAF garrison in Khor-Eldeleib). On 13th April 2024, SAF in Umbrembeta arrested four (4) civilians accusing them of belonging to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Their names are; Mr. Adam Ahmed Elsayer (nickname; Adam Terbil, 56 years old), Mr. Madhi Elbelail (62 years old), Mr. Elnour Musa Abdel-Ghani (58 years old), and Mr. Kibir Bubo Elnour (41 years old, displaced from Khor-Eldeleib). They were detained incommunicado in the Umbrembeta military garrison. They were beaten and tortured while in custody and their families were not allowed to visit them. On 19th April, 2024, the four (4) victims were tied up, blindfolded and taken under the pretext of being deported to Abu Jibaiha town however, when reached Khor-Eldeleib they