May 5, 2008 — On Sunday, May 4th at approximately 4pm, the village of Shegeg Karo in North Darfur was attacked by an Antonov aircraft.
According to information gathered by the villagers of Shegeg Karo, the Antonov hovered for a long time and then bombed repeatedly.
The Shegeg Karo school was hit and one classroom was destroyed. It was in session. 6 students were killed and others injured. Names and ages of students killed: Fatima Suleiman Adam Omar, 3rd grade, 10 years old Fatima Ahmad Bashir—2nd grade, 8 years old Mubarak Mohammed Ahmad, 3rd grade, 10 years old Yusuf Adam Hamid, kindergarten, 5 years old Munira Suleiman Adam, 2nd grade, 7 years old Adam Ahmad Yusuf, 4th grade, 11 years old
The Shegeg Karo market was also hit and 20 shops (most of the market) were completely destroyed. A reported 5-6 people were killed in the market and others injured. Names and ages of people killed in market: Saber Ardabo, 70 years old Mubarak Adno Awad, approximately 17 years old Nasser Adam Ahmad, 19 years old Mustafa Ali Adam, 43 years old Giddo Abdul Rasul Abdul Negi, 38 years old
There are 2 critically injured, 3 moderately injured and up to 30 more lightly injured. The critical injuries include an 8 year old girl with a broken back who is unconscious and a 14 year old boy with a broken and badly cut leg and arm who has lost a lot of blood. The moderate injuries include 2 people whose suffered severe shrapnel injury to their legs and blood loss, and one man with an injured neck and shoulder. As of 3:00pm EST on Monday, May 5th, no medical assistance has arrived to the village. UNAMID, the health division of UNICEF and the ICRC in El Fashir were all notified of the attack hours after it happened. UNAMID hopes to send a helicopter to evacuate the critically and moderately wounded on Tuesday.
There are 3 hand pumps in Shegeg Karo. 1 was already not working. Of the remaining hand pumps, 1 was destroyed, leaving only 1 working hand pump in Shegeg Karo.
The Shegeg Karo school is funded by the Darfur Diaries project. (www.darfurdiaries.org)
For more information, please contact: Jen Marlowe, Darfur Diaries, 1.425.451.7451 or 1.202.375.3492
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