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Sudan: Riot, Arson At North Darfur's Kalma Camp After Youth Slain

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Sudan: Riot, Arson At North Darfur's Kalma Camp After Youth Slain
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Unrest broke out at Kalma camp for displaced people near Nyala, in South Darfur, after the killing of a 20-year-old man outside the camp. According to Dabanga, relatives of the victim gathered at the camp administration headquarters on Tuesday to demand that the suspected attacker be handed over. The situation escalated when the administration building was damaged and set on fire.

The report says Isaac Mohammed Abdullah, a camp leader and member of the General Administration for Displaced People and Refugees, described the killing as the result of an altercation involving two young men outside the camp. He said the suspected killer was already being held by camp authorities when the crowd gathered. Abdullah urged displaced residents not to take the law into their own hands and to let the justice process proceed.

Adam Rijal, spokesman for the Coordination of Displaced People and Refugees, said the incident fueled wider tensions inside the camp and claimed that two young men died, another person was injured, and the administration building was burned. He also alleged that some parties were trying to exploit the situation for political purposes. Because the article is based on local testimony, the full sequence and final toll remain unclear from the available reporting.

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