Bereits im August 2015 gab es einen ähnlichen Vorfall, bei dem 37 Goldsucher verschleppt und nach fünf Monaten wieder freigelassen wurden. Ohne ihr Equipment im Wert von ca. 8 Mio US$
Sudan Tribune: Egyptian troops infringe on Sudan territory, abduct 41 miners: eyewitnessThe Egyptian army on Sunday has infringed on the Sudanese territory in the Red Sea state and abducted 41 gold prospectors, a survivor told Sudan Tribune on Wednesday.
Multiple press reports said Egyptian troops have penetrated four kilometres into the Sudanese territory and chased Sudanese gold prospectors south of the disputed Halayb triangle, pointing they arrested 70 of them near Al-Alaki area in Abu Tebak valley.
Idris Hassan Bakhit, a resident of North Darfur state who survived the Egyptian raid told Sudan Tribune over the phone that the incident occurred last Sunday, saying 41 gold prospectors, mostly from Al-Lait Jar al-Nabi locality in North Darfur and the outskirts of El-Obied, capital of North Kordofan state, have been kidnapped by the Egyptian troops.
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