And after the citizens of the suburb of Jabra, south of Khartoum, exhausted all protection plans against blocking the roads with stones and other things, they then started to use “whistles” while they were ringing massively to warn of the entry of looting gangs into the residential area. , so that all the inhabitants gather and gather in the danger zone and face the attack of these gangs, according to what Muhammad Abdel Rahim told Sky News Arabia.
Abdul Rahim says that “they were looking for a quick way to alert people to dangers in their residential area given the poor communication network and the Internet, hence the idea of ​​whistles, which serve as a password passes to all the locals, when a person calls them somewhere, it means he was attacked by gangs of looters or saw them infiltrating. At that moment, everyone runs towards him.
He added: “This thing continues, and we have been able to achieve great stability and limit the activity of looting gangs, which still attack individuals and avoid clashes with groups, but with the intensification of military battles , the majority of the inhabitants of the Jabra suburbs have started to leave outside the capital, Khartoum, and we fear that the gangs will start working again.
Looting of citizens on public roads and storming of homes escalated with the war between the army and the Rapid Support Forces entering its third month, and residents feared that armed gangs would kill them more than the fires from the conflict itself, which is confirmed by Muhammad Mohiuddin, a resident of the suburb of Umbada, west of the Sudanese capital.
In his interview with Sky News Arabia, Mohieldin indicates that the gangs themselves have expanded their activities and become highly armed and operate according to guides who direct them to people who keep money and valuables and attack people. residential neighborhoods and markets with quasi-military plans, to secure entrances and exits, etc.
He says: “Our movements have become very limited and do not exceed the range of the residential area. Going to markets and remote areas will cost you your mobile phone and the money you carry with you. That’s if you don’t don’t lose your If you resist and refuse, the price will be your soul, for you will be killed and thrown to the side of the road.” .
In the absence of police and security agencies keen to protect citizens and public facilities, residents of the Sudanese capital have set up formations of youth and resistance committees that carry out a continuous process of encirclement of neighborhoods and erect barriers to prevent looting movements. gangs, which are means that have mitigated the impact of looting and theft in some neighborhoods of Khartoum.
Bashir Abdullah, a resident of Omdurman, told Sky News Arabia that the current war has inspired them with the tradition of “terror”, which is for everyone to rush to reach any citizen who has shouted at him. help after being attacked by looting gangs and whistles. are one of the tools to achieve this goal.
He added, “Sudanese in the countryside used to bang on primitive instruments such as (percussion) to inform people of panic and follow thieves when cattle were stolen, so that everyone would come when they heard that sound, and what we are doing now is not isolated from the well-established Sudanese traditions of mutual aid.”
He continued, “When the sirens sound, everyone comes with their weapons, so no one can fail to help their brother in this critical security situation that we are going through, and we hope that people in all neighborhoods will join hands. to each other to protect their property and honor.”
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