location: Hashaba
notes: Unidentified gunmen exchanged fire in Hashaba west of Gerida, South Darfur, with a group of locals who were chasing the perpetrators of the murder of a displaced farmer the day prior in Gerida, killing three locals, injuring ten and abducting seven. The assailants then fired on the policemen that rushed to the scene in the afternoon, killing the police Chief of Operations and injuring another six police officers. The attackers managed to seize two police vehicles.
target_text: location: Hashaba, fatalities: 3