Notizie di scontri e di combattimenti giungono da Janzour e dall’area di Warshefana… L’accordo iniziale di ieri, tra il governo e il Consiglio della Shura di Warshefana, sembra così destinato a fallire.
The agreement, under which security forces would be pulled out of the district in return for a promise by the Council that suspected criminals wanted by the Prosecutor General would be handed over within a week, saw government forces start to withdraw last night.
Nine people have been killed and a further 20 injured so far in the clashes, according to Warshefana Shura Council spokesman, Abuejila Saif Annaser. He said the casualties included the wife of the Head of Alazizia Local Council, who is now in Zahra hospital in a critical condition. Her son was also reported killed yesterday.
Part of yesterday’s agreement with the government apparently included providing medical supplies for Zahra hospital and sending the most critically-injured abroad for treatment.
A Janzour resident said that late this afternoon explosions and heavy fire could be heard from some ten kilometres away.
