Killing Villagers in Darfur

Creator

Unknown

Files

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Creation Date

January 2007

Time Period

circa 1974-2007

Abstract

Picture depicts men, women, and children having been killed by the military in conjunction with militia men. Villages were bombed by military planes and helicopters. Armored trucks were used to fire rocket-propelled grenades at the villages. The atrocities were gruesome and houses were set on fire to punish the villagers.

Alt Text

A child's drawing in blue pen on a lined sheet of paper of several different military or militia personnel attacking a small village and its residents. An airplane and a helicopter fly above burning houses as two trucks with mounted machine guns and more armed men approaching from the left. People on foot fire machine guns at other, unarmed figures as they tree to escape, and four bodies are lying on the ground, including a woman and a child.

Keywords

Genocide, Ethnic conflict, Refugees, History, Darfur conflict

Extent

1 drawing

Subject: geographic

Darfur (Sudan)

Place of Publication

Refugee camp, Eastern Chad

Identifier

W36-00123-A

Recommended Citation

Unknown, "Killing Villagers in Darfur" (2007). Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings. Image 262.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/darfuri_drawings/262