National Security Assaults a Citizen and the People of Al-Leera Burn the Offices of National Security

South Kordofan, April 15, 2017

On the morning of Friday April 15, 2017, citizens of the city of Al-Leera in the state of South Kordofan burned the offices of the National Security and Intelligence Services and two of its vehicles as an act of protest against the national security torturing a citizen of the city. A witness, who preferred to remain anonymous, stated that “four national security personnel assaulted Abdallah Al-Tabaq inside the national security buildings; he was quickly transported to Khartoum to receive treatment as he was badly injured.” The witness further revealed that on Thursday night, Abdallah found a national security officer inside his house without any justification – resulting in a clash between the two. The national security officer headed to the national security headquarters, only to return to Abdallah’s house with four of his associates. They forcibly took him away to their office in the city, assaulted and tortured him