A South Sudanese student kidnapped in Khartoum by militia forces and released after paying 2,000 Pounds described the conditions of Southerners in Khartoum as horrible.
George Price, from the University of Bhari √ɬê it was called University of Juba’s Kadoru campus – told journalists about his three-day ordeal in a detention centre run by South Sudanese militias in Khartoum.He said he and other seven South Sudanese were detained while travelling in a public minibus in downtown, on their way home to Haj Yusef Wahida, a camp for Darfuris and South Sudanese east of Khartoum.
Mr Price explained that the situation of South Sudanese students was very difficult and that he was detained by fellow South Sudanese militias in the north.
Mr Price said the driver stopped near the Ivory bank building and two young men came in, pulled a bag from under a seat with guns and pangs and threatened the passengers to shut up.
He said they were taken to Fitihab, in western Khartoum, into a four-story building with four detention rooms full of South Sudanese.
He added they were beaten when they asked where they were taking them.
Mr Price said that after three days of detention they were told that they would be taken to Damazin, the capital of Blue Nile state.
He added that offered money for his ransom and his captors demanded 2,000 Sudanese Pounds paid by his ant.
A student from University of Bahri in Khartoum told CRN News this afternoon over the phone that southerners are facing a nightmare in Sudan.
She said students from Ahfad University for Women were also kidnapped.
This information could not be independently verified.