Black Sands destroyed!

Date: 261010
Planet: Tatooine
Region: Black Sands

Story: (Written by the Galactic News Agency, Ramona doesn't write IC).

According to the latest reports and orbital observation the city of Black Sands has been destroyed by a massive bombardment following extended fighting in the streets. So far unconfirmed reports state that the city came under attack by hordes of mercenaries in the employ of Jabba the Hutt when suddenly the city's battledroids went rogue. With the militia's survivors at that point already facing near-impossible odds the coup de grace came when the Imperial stormtroopers formerly laying siege to the city broke the earlier truce and attacked as well.

Casualty figures are not known though at least a handful of the remaining militia members are thought to have escaped during the fighting, and before the bombings started. Most of the civilian residents arebelieved to have been evacuated before the siege started, or during its initial phase.