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ian village of Dalola was raided on May 1, 2006, by 150

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. The raid came two days before a highly controversial, scheduled

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in which current

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was expected to win another five-year term in office.

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spokesman Matthew Conway said, while in the city of Abéché, that according to survivors of the attack 1,000 cattle were stolen when "three small settlements near the larger village of Dalola were surrounded by Janjaweed. Some were seen in military uniform others in military attire. The Janjaweed opened fire on them and the gunfire lasted one hour. Afterwards they were seen heading southeast towards

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and the border. Initial reports show four dead and six wounded by

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s. They have been brought to the health centre at Goz Amer refugee camp. We are being told that they were Janjaweed. The 'Janjaweed' seem to be taking advantage of huge security vacuums on the Chad-Sudan border." Those who escaped the raid were treated by Italian doctors at Goz Amer

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, located a few miles from Dalola where 17,000 Fur refugees from

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are currently living.

External links

Deadly militia attack on border villages
, IRIN News, 2-5-2006.

, HRW, June 2006. *Pascal Fletcher,
Armed horsemen kill 4 in Chad village
, Reuters, 1-5-2006. 2006 in Chad

Dalola Dalola is one of the 51 union councils (sub-divisions) of Abbottabad District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Location Dalola is located at 34°21'20N 73°23'50E and has an average elevation of 798 metres (2621 ft). Dalola is t ...

Military raids

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