The Sudan Tribune website confirmed that three people, including a police officer, were killed and about seven others injured in bloody tribal clashes in Sennar state in central Sudan.
According to a German news agency, in the states of Sennar and Al Jazeera, conflicts have erupted between residents and agricultural workers who live in the so-called “Kanabi”, which are random dwellings located on the edges of irrigation canals, and conflicts usually erupt over property. to the ground.
Jaafar Muhammadin, general secretary of the Kanabi Convention Center, said a group linked to the Kenana tribe in the Al Dabakr area near the city of Sinja, the capital of Sennar state, attacked the area inhabited by the Qamar tribe. tribes because of their claim to the land they inhabit.
He stated that “As a result of the attack, three people, including a policeman, were killed and about seven more people were injured, some of them in serious condition. They received medical attention and were taken to the capital Khartoum.”