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North Wales Chronicle
9 hours ago
- North Wales Chronicle
Prisoner who fatally kicked and stamped on fellow inmate is jailed for life
Mahir Abdulrahman, also known as Mahir Mohamed, was found unresponsive in his cell at HMP Fosse Way in Leicestershire at 7.53am on August 20 last year, around half an hour after Ashirie Smith, 19, and Thierry Robinson, 21, were caught on CCTV entering his room. The 31-year-old Sudanese national suffered multiple abrasions and bruises to his head and neck consistent with a sustained attack, as well as fractures to his ribs, and was pronounced dead at 8.44am despite attempts by prison officers and paramedics to save him. A jury at Leicester Crown Court found Smith guilty of murder and Robinson not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter on Wednesday. Smith was jailed for life with a minimum term of 17 and a half years and Robinson was sentenced to 11 years on Thursday. A third defendant, Shaan Karim, 38, was found not guilty of murder or manslaughter, Leicestershire Police said. CCTV released by the force shows the moment Robinson and Smith entered Mr Abdulrahman's cell at around 7.26am before leaving around 37 seconds later. Smith then re-entered the cell and left again shortly after. Another inmate told a prison officer she should check on Mr Abdulrahman, and he was found slumped in the cell and was later pronounced dead. The trial was told Mr Abdulrahman had been stamped on and kicked to the head and neck, causing a fatal bleed at the base of his brain, and that he had previously had tuberculosis which had weakened the bones in his neck. Prosecution counsel Michael Burrows KC told the trial that Mr Abdulrahman, who was serving a 35-week sentence for a sexual offence, had asked to be moved from his cell the day before he died because he did not feel safe. The trial was told Karim had phoned his mother from prison and said other inmates had been 'terrorising him for days' and 'bullying' him. There was also an alleged incident involving Smith and Robinson the day before Mr Abdulrahman was killed in which he had thrown water from a kettle on them. Mr Burrow said that on November 25, after Smith had been moved to a different prison following the fatal attack, he had 'let slip' in anger what he had done, telling a prison officer: 'I'm in for murder, I have already dropped one body and I will take another if you keep f****** with me.' Detective Inspector Mark Parish, from the East Midlands Special Operations Unit, said: 'The injuries suffered by Mahir Abdulrahman showed a serious, sustained attack had taken place which ultimately led to his death. 'Thanks to the hard work of the investigation team, Smith and Robinson have been convicted in court and will now have to face responsibility for their actions.' Serco prison director Wyn Jones said: 'Any death in prison is a tragedy but the murder of Mr Abdulrahman was a heinous act. My thoughts remain with his family and those affected by his untimely death. 'Since the tragedy, our focus has been to bring those responsible to justice by working with the police to secure a conviction. I hope the verdicts will bring closure for his family.'
Euronews
12 hours ago
- Euronews
At least 11 Sudanese migrants killed in Libya desert car crash
Eleven Sudanese migrants have been killed in a car crash in the desert in Libya, authorities have said, the latest tragedy involving Sudanese people fleeing the civil war in their home country. The crash between the migrants' vehicle and a truck happened early on Friday, 90 kilometres north of the town of Kufra, the local Ambulance and Emergency Service said in a statement. The dead included three women and two children and the group's Libyan driver, the service's director Ibrahim Abu al-Hassan told The Associated Press. A 65-year-old man and his 10-year-old son were also wounded in the crash, he added. It was the latest deadly incident involving Sudanese migrants in the Libyan desert. Earlier this month, seven Sudanese nationals were found dead after their vehicle broke down in the desert. The vehicle broke down on a path used by traffickers between Chad and Libya, leaving 34 migrants on board stranded for several days in the desert. Libya was plunged into chaos following a NATO-backed uprising that toppled and killed longtime autocrat Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. It has become a main transit point for migrants fleeing war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East and hoping to reach Europe. The country shares borders with six nations and has a long coastline along the Mediterranean. Human traffickers have benefited from more than a decade of instability, smuggling migrants across Libya's borders with six nations, including Chad, Niger, Sudan Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia. Thousands of Sudanese have fled to Libya since April 2023 after simmering tensions between the Sudanese military and the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) exploded into street fighting across the country. The conflict in Sudan has turned into a civil war that killed thousands people, displaced over 14 million, and pushed parts of the county into famine.
Indian Express
12 hours ago
- Health
- Indian Express
Suspected drone attack on hospital in Sudan kills 6, activists say Cairo
A suspected drone attack by Sudanese paramilitaries Friday hit a hospital in southern Sudan, killing at least six people and knocking the facility out of service, officials and rights advocates said. The Emergency Lawyers, a rights group, blamed the Rapid Support Forces for the attack on the Obeid International Hospital, al-Dhaman, in Obeid, the capital city of North Kordofan province. At least 15 others were wounded in the attack, it said. In a statement on social media, the hospital said the attack resulted in severe damage to its main building. Services at the hospital, the main medical facility serving the region, were suspended until further notice, it said. Sudan plunged into civil war on April 15, 2023, when simmering tensions between the military and the RSF exploded into open warfare in the capital Khartoum and other parts of the country. The Emergency Lawyers, which tracks Sudan's war, said the attack on the hospital was part of a large-scale artillery offensive on the city, which is held by the military. Obeid is 363 kilometres south of Khartoum. There was no immediate comment from the RSF. The attack was the latest on Obeid. On May 10, at least 20 inmates were killed in a drone attack on the city's main prison. That attack was also blamed on the RSF. The war in Sudan has been marked by atrocities including mass rape and ethnically motivated killings that amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, especially in the western region of Darfur, according to the United Nations and international rights groups. The conflict created the world's worst humanitarian crisis and pushed parts of the country into famine. Thousands of people have been killed and over 14 million were forced to flee their homes.
DW
13 hours ago
- Politics
- DW
Sudan: Several killed in RSF strike on hospital – DW – 05/30/2025
The paramilitary group's drone attack on a hospital in the city of El-Obeid resulted in 6 people killed. According to the UN, the conflict in Sudan has created the world's worst humanitarian crisis. A suspected drone attack in Sudan by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary hit a hospital, killing six people and wounding at least 12 in the city of El-Obeid. An army source told the AFP news agency that the RSF attack targeted "residential areas of the city with heavy artillery," also adding the bombardment had also hit a second hospital in the city. Right groups, the Emergency Lawyers, blamed the attack on the RSF. The hospital was out of service as a result of the attack. El-Obeid is a city located some 360 kilometers southwest of capital Khartoum. It was besieged by the RSF for almost two years, before the country's army broke the siege in February. The city has been under RSF bombardment ever since, due to it being key to the army's supply route to the west, where the only city under army control is El-Fasher. Why Sudan's civil war is far from over To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Sudan war driving mass hunger, displacement The paramilitary group and the Sudanese army have been clashing along the road between El-Obeid and El-Fasher in recent weeks. The war between the two sides has killed thousands of people and uprooted 13 million since breaking in April 2023, as well as effectively splitting Sudan into two parts, with the army holding the center, east and north, while the RSF and their allies control nearly all of Darfur and parts of the south. According to the United Nations (UN), the conflict in Sudan has created the world's biggest hunger and displacement crises. It pushed parts of the country into famine. The war has been marked by atrocities including mass rape and ethnically motivated killings that amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, especially in the Darfur region, rights groups said. Edited by: Zac Crellin
Yahoo
14 hours ago
- Health
- Yahoo
A suspected drone attack on a hospital in Sudan kills 6, activists say
CAIRO (AP) — A suspected drone attack by Sudanese paramilitaries Friday hit a hospital in southern Sudan, killing at least six people and knocking the facility out of service, officials and rights advocates said. The Emergency Lawyers, a rights group, blamed the Rapid Support Forces for the attack on the Obeid International Hospital, al-Dhaman, in Obeid, the capital city of North Kordofan province. At least 15 others were wounded in the attack, it said. In a statement on social media, the hospital said the attack resulted in severe damage to its main building. Services at the hospital, the main medical facility serving the region, were suspended until further notice, it said. Sudan plunged into civil war on April 15, 2023, when simmering tensions between the military and the RSF exploded into open warfare in the capital Khartoum and other parts of the country. The Emergency Lawyers, which tracks Sudan's war, said the attack on the hospital was part of a large-scale artillery offensive on the city, which is held by the military. Obeid is 363 kilometers (225 miles) south of Khartoum. There was no immediate comment from the RSF. The attack was the latest on Obeid. On May 10, at least 20 inmates were killed in a drone attack on the city's main prison. That attack was also blamed on the RSF. The war in Sudan has been marked by atrocities including mass rape and ethnically motivated killings that amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, especially in the western region of Darfur, according to the United Nations and international rights groups. The conflict created the world's worst humanitarian crisis and pushed parts of the country into famine. Thousands of people have been killed and over 14 million were forced to flee their homes.
