Skirmishes and clashes (fewer than 100 combat-related deaths in current or past year) Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile
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The school was locked at the time of the fire - a usual practice to ensure full segregation of the sexes. Most of the victims were crushed in a stampede as they tried to flee the blaze. Members of the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Preventionįamilies of the victims have been incensed over the deaths.
"Lives could have been saved had they not been stopped by Watchman even refused to open the gates to let the girls out. The father of one of the dead girls said that the school The Saudi Gazette quoted witnesses as saying that the police - known as the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice - had stopped men who tried to help the girls and warned "it is a sinful to approach them". One witness said he saw three policemen "beating young girls to prevent them from leaving the school because they were not wearing the abaya". 15 girls died in the blaze and more than 50 others were injuredĪccording to the al-Eqtisadiah daily, firemen confronted police after they tried to keep the girls inside because they were not wearing the headscarves and abayas (black robes) required by the kingdom's strict interpretation of Islam.