HUDO Centre 20th October 2022 No. H.K/UA/04/022 URGENT APPEAL RSF REINFORCED MISSERIYA TRIBE TO ATTACK, KILL AND DISPLACE PEOPLE IN LAGAWA, SUDAN On 14thOctober 2022, Rapid Support Force (RSF) invaded Lagawa targeting Nuba tribes and their suburbs, killed, injured, looted and burnt down their houses. They caused major displacement of Lagawa residents. There was no intervention of security forces to stop this attack. This was triggered by the land ownership dispute of Lagawa territory by Misseriya. On 13thOctober 2022, during a weekly market in Lagawa, a big group of armed Misseriya people dressed in PDF, RSF and civilian clothes arrived at the market riding motorbikes and tuktuk (about fifty). They started shooting in the air intensively and they verbally insulted and provoked Nuba resident. They moved around telling people (Nuba) that lagawa land belongs to Misseriya and Nuba should be chased out/ away. They were later driven out of the market by Sudan Armed Force (SAF) and they camped themselves at the Southwest part of the town. On 14th October 2022, RSF invaded the town from two directions. They came on pickup vehicles (above 50 vehicles) with RSF number plates and some without number plates. Some of the vehicles were mounted with machine guns. They invaded from the North part of the town through Kirgadi neighbourhood and the second attack was from South-West to Laddi neighbourhood. In Kirgadi, they shot and killed three persons. The names of people killed are; 1. Mr. Suliman Musa Khidir (34 years) labourer from Dajo tribe/ Nuba. He was the first one shot and the following two had tried to rescue him. 2. Mr. Mohammed Ibrahim Eldoud known by his nickname Elzain (42 years), nurse and trader from Kamda/ Nuba. 3. Mr. Zakaria Haroun Ibrahim (45 years), teacher from Kamda tribe/ Nuba. In the invasion of laddi side, they shot and killed four persons and burnt the houses. The names of people killed at Laddi are; 1) Mr. Saad Ismail Hassan (35 years), vendor from Kamda/ Nuba. 2) Mr. Habilla Abdoelmoneim Yagoub (32 years), retired policeman/ farmer from Kamda/ Nuba.