location: Zalingei
notes: A force of infantry belonging to the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) attacked the positions of one of Darfurs armed movements in the region of Mara West of Zalingei.. The Citizen newspaper contacted the official Spokesman of the Armed Forces Lt-Col Al-Sawarmi Khalid yesterday and asked him to provide further details of the assault. 'Our forces attacked a renegade armed group in the Mara region along the Zalengei-Al-Junaynah road which had been harassing the citizens of the area and imposing illegal checkpoints and collecting road taxes,' Khalid said adding that a total of three Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers were wounded and five of the renegade group killed. THE CITIZEN Newspaper also contacted its source in one of Darfurs civil society organizations who requested anonymity and he confirmed that an attack by government forces against forces loyal to the Sudan Liberation Movement / Army (SLM/A)
target_text: location: Zalingei, fatalities: 5