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Article (20): Penalty of attempt to commit an offense
Article (21): Join acts in execution of criminal conspiracy.
Article (130): Murder.
Article (139): Penalty for causing intentional wounds.
Article (175): Robbery.
The cross examination
The investigator was cross-examined by the accusation panel represented by lawyer/
Baroud Sandal, the first defendant was represented by lawyer/ Abu-Algasim
Mohammed, the sixth and seventh defendants were represented by lawyer/ Yousif and
the rest of the defendants were represented by the military’s legal consultant/ Amein.
The conclusion was as follows:
The PDF commandant in Al-Abbasiya is Captain/ Ali Babikir and the PDF
coordinator is Mohammed Saeed.
The defendants committed the offence on their own without official order
According to the witnesses, the defendants were more than thirty people with
more than twenty motorbikes and armed with AK-47 guns. But they denied
having any motorbikes.
The killed people were eight (8) in number and the injured were thirteen (13)
people. All the injuries and deaths were caused by gun shots.
All the defendants are from the tribes of Meserya and Falata/ Fulani
No one among the attackers/ defendants was injured during the incident.
The defendant Osman was identified by one of the injured people (Ismail Adam
Awad) as the one who shot him.
Witnesses recognized some of the defendants in person.
The first defendant (juvenile) is not a member in PDF
Notes:
The victims’ family members attended court in large numbers.
The victims’ lawyers questioned the motive of the military in presenting only four
(4) guns to court as exhibits while the armed defendants were many. Also, the
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