At least 120 people were reported killed in random shelling on Monday in the Dar-Salaam area of the Sudanese city of Omdurman, across the Nile from the capital Khartoum, according to a local volunteer network.
The Ombade emergency services said the death toll was provisional, suggesting the number of victims could rise.
Rescuers say medical supplies are running low as health workers struggle to treat the large number of people injured in the bombing.
Sudan’s civil war, now 21 months old, has killed tens of thousands, displaced over 12 million and pushed the country to the brink of famine, in what the UN describes as one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters.
It began last year after the army leadership and the paramilitary force, the Rapid Support Force (RSF), fell out over the future direction of the country.
The Ombad emergency service did not specify who was behind the attack in Omdurman.
Volunteers and emergency teams faced challenges accessing certain areas due to ongoing fighting.
Most of Omdurman is under military control while the RSF holds the capital and part of the wider Khartoum area.
In the past few weeks, the army has stepped up its offensive in Omdurman with the aim of retaking control. The army is reported to have captured three areas and seized weapons left behind by paramilitary forces.
RSF fighters withdraw from positions in two settlements. Residents on both sides of the Nile reported shelling across the river, with bombs and shrapnel regularly hitting homes and civilians.
“The area has been devastated by prolonged fighting exposing residents to stray bullets and shrapnel hitting homes,” the Ombad emergency services said.
Both sides are accused of targeting civilians, including health workers, and indiscriminate shelling of residential areas.
Recent clashes have forced emergency services, which are providing support to local communities amid the ongoing conflict, to close several health centers, affecting the provision of medical services to thousands of residents.
