Sudanese paramilitary forces kill scores of civilians in attack on Khartoum market
At least 54 people were killed and 158 wounded at a market place in greater Khartoum on Saturday in a strike by the Sudanese paramilitary, according to Sudan's health authorities. The Rapid Support Forces have been locked in a brutal conflict with the country’s regular army since April 2023, leaving tens of thousands dead and over 12 million uprooted.
Sudan's paramilitary shelled a market in Omdurman, part of greater Khartoum, killing an estimated 54 people on Saturday, a medical source told AFP in an updated toll.
Requesting anonymity for their safety, the source at Al-Nao Hospital said the wounded were "still being brought to the hospital" following the attack by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Saturday’s attack on the Sabrein Market also wounded at least 158 others, the health ministry said in a statement.
The RSF denied carrying out the attack.
Khalid al-Aleisir, minister of culture and government spokesperson, condemned the attack, saying that the casualties included many women and children. He also said the attack caused “widespread destruction to private and public properties.”
“This criminal act adds to the bloody record of this militia,” he said in a statement. “It constitutes a blatant violation of international humanitarian law.”
Since April 2023, the paramilitary RSF has been at war with the regular army, in a brutal conflict that has killed tens of thousands and uprooted over 12 million.
(FRANCE 24 with AP and AFP)
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