Nine killed, six injured in Nyala mosque bomb attack

Three people were killed and six others injured on Sunday evening in an armed attack carried out by unknown assailants following the evening prayer in the Thawra West neighborhood, north of Nyala, South Darfur.

Eyewitnesses and medical sources who spoke to Darfur 24 said that the perpetrators stopped the victims and demanded they hand over their money and phones after they left the mosque. They indicated that the victims refused to hand over their money and phones, prompting the armed perpetrators to throw a hand grenade (a hornet) before fleeing the scene.

A relative of the victims said that the attackers, riding a motorcycle, carried out the attack at the mosque gate after failing to seize the worshippers’ belongings.