KHARTOUM, Sudan — The Sudanese military in mid-November bombed more non-Arab people in largely Christians areas of the Nuba Mountains — killing three Christians, destroying two relief agency structures and demolishing a Catholic church building, sources said.
Dawla Angalo, 60, a member of the Catholic church in Heiban, died in a Nov. 17 bombing of the town in South Kordofan state. The bombing also killed 40-year-old Khamisa Kuku, whom a local source said was a Christian woman, in the attack on civilian homes and other non-military buildings. The same bomb attack by a Russian-made Antonov airplane injured Mariam Hamdan, 55, breaking both her legs and seriously wounding one of them.
Four Sudanese government bombs hit Al Reka village Nov. 17, killing Suliman Kuku, a 42-year-old Christian. A 6-year-old girl unrelated to him who was injured in the attack, Nadia Tutu, also is a Christian. “It is very sad — we are losing our members,” said an area pastor who requested anonymity.
An Antonov airplane dropped six bombs on the predominately Christian town of Heiban on Nov. 20, with three of them hitting the town’s crowded weekly market and one destroying the Catholic church building. Heiban Bible College was reduced to ashes Feb. 1 from an Antonov plane bombing.
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