source: Radio Dabanga
actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Sudan)
actor2: Civilians (Sudan)
location: Mershing
notes: On September 1st or 2nd, gunmen riding on motorbikes fired on a vehicle travelling to Rabkona from Mershing (coordinates for Mershing, South Darfur, used), killing a local Sheikh, and wounding four passengers. The gunmen then looted the vehicle, before seizing four passengers to use as hostages, beating them before releasing them four hours later (note that the source does not specify whether the abducted passengers and the same as those who were wounded in the gunfire).