Shotlist
22 OCTOBER 2026, AMIET MARKET, ABYEI
1. Various shots of burnt Amiet Market
2. Wide shot, delegation of the UNISFA Acting Force Commander walking through the attacked site
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Farooq, Contingent Commander PAKBATT-IV:
"This is the place in Amiet Market where the drone strikes were carried out on that day (19 Oct). Initially, once we heard the noise of the explosion, we thought it would be a tanker – may a tanker which had exploded in the benzene market. But afterwards, with the frequent fight noise, it came to us that the market had been a target of the drone strikes."
4. Wide shot, Vehicle at the market
5. Various, burnt market
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Farooq, Contingent Commander PAKBATT-IV:
“We were the first responders who reached the site. And during that there was fire everywhere. Every shop was burning here. And the main challenge was to keep the population, which was agitated, to keep them calm, to convince them that this had happened – during which loss of casualties had happened and that UNISFA is always with them.”
7. Wide shot, UNISFA Acting Force Commander and Pakbatt commander walking through the market
8. Wide shot, burnt shop
9. SOUNDBITE (English), Brigadier General Adbowale Ajabge, Acting Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA):
"The Mission mobilized its Quick Response Team, the Pakistani Quick Response Team, the Pakistani Firefighting Team and the Mission headquarter Firefighting Team and out Chinese Quick Reaction Force. All moved onto the place with an aim of fighting the fire to prevent the fire escalating to other parts of the market. And specifically for evaluation and treatment of casualty. In the process, well over 27 casualties were taken to UNISFA Level 1 hospital at Todach, which is the Pakistani Level 1 hospital, where treatment was administered to the injured. And we were able to save lives. Some critical casualties were also moved from the Benzine market area through the Todach area."
10. Various, delegation walking throught the market
11. SOUNDBITE (English), Brigadier General Adbowale Ajabge, Acting Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA):
"The area was incinerated because of the presence of fuel and benzine and other flammable materials, which were domiciled here as a commercial centre for the sales of petroleum and lubricant."
12. Wide shot, burnt warehouse
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Farooq, Contingent Commander PAKBATT-IV:
"We saw so many bodies around this market, which was later on evacuated. People who were injured during this incident were evacuated to the Pakbatt headquarter – Pakistani battalion headquarters Todach – where they were treated."
14. Wide shot, delegation walking through the market
15. SOUNDBITE (English), Angelina Musa Diaw, trader:
"We don’t have anything. We need help. After last day – I work as… I have a place where I work. I have children. From the day before yesterday, after what happened, I don’t have anything (left). No work – everything is gone. As you see around here. And we are vulnerable. We don’t have anything."
16. Wide shot, delegation walking through the market
17. SOUNDBITE (English), Angelina Musa Diaw, trader:
"Now, I’m one person alone here. I don’t have family here. From the war, from Khartoum there, my family is (dispersed). Everybody has gone alone. I am here with my children. But I need help."
22 OCTOBER 2026, TODACH, ABYEI
18. Various, military briefing
22 OCTOBER 2026, AMIET MARKET, ABYEI
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Farooq, Contingent Commander PAKBATT-IV:
“Following the incident, the next days, we again got together here. Met with the civilian communities, and expressed our feelings, expressed our condoleances to the community on this unfortunate incident. And due to the incident, there were so many people who were just trailing around. So we provided the humanitarian assistance, including food, water, medical care, on the incident site..
22 OCTOBER 2026, TODACH, ABYEI
Storyline
20. Various, military briefing
A delegation of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) expressed support to the population impacted by the 19 October drone attack in Amiet Market and Todach areas, which has killed more than 80 people.
The delegation, led by UNISFA Acting Force Commander Brigadier General Adbowale Ajabge, Thursday (21 Oct) met with the affected communities of the burnt Amiet Market, where the attack took place.
The Acting Force Commander explained the circumstances of the attack, "the Mission mobilized its Quick Response Team, the Pakistani Quick Response Team, the Pakistani Firefighting Team and the Mission headquarter Firefighting Team and out Chinese Quick Reaction Force. All moved onto the place with an aim of fighting the fire to prevent the fire escalating to other parts of the market. And specifically for evaluation and treatment of casualty. In the process, well over 27 casualties were taken to UNISFA Level 1 hospital at Todach, which is the Pakistani Level 1 hospital, where treatment was administered to the injured. And we were able to save lives. Some critical casualties were also moved from the Benzine market area through the Todach area."
Visiting the market, UNISFA Pakistani Battallion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Farooq, as first responder, commented, “this is the place in Amiet Market where the drone strikes were carried out on that day (19 Oct). Initially, once we heard the noise of the explosion, we thought it would be a tanker – may a tanker which had exploded in the benzene market. But afterwards, with the frequent fight noise, it came to us that the market had been a target of the drone strikes.”
He added, "We saw so many bodies around this market, which was later on evacuated. People who were injured during this incident were evacuated to the Pakbatt headquarter – Pakistani battalion headquarters Todach – where they were treated."
Angelina Musa Diaw, a mother of three children, refugee from South Sudan and Sudan said she lost everything, "we don’t have anything. We need help. After last day – I work as… I have a place where I work. I have children. From the day before yesterday, after what happened, I don’t have anything (left). No work – everything is gone. As you see around here. And we are vulnerable. We don’t have anything."
Diaw calls for help, “Now, I’m one person alone here. I don’t have family here. From the war, from Khartoum there, my family is (dispersed). Everybody has gone alone. I am here with my children. But I need help."
